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| Main Entry: |
leaf
 [leef] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | green foliage of plant |
| Synonyms: | blade, bract, flag, foliole, frond, leaflet, needle, pad, petal, petiole, scale, stalk, stipule |
| Notes: | a page is one side of a piece of paper; a leaf is the term for a piece of paper with two sides |
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Example Sentences
- Serve chicken and vegetables topped with generous dollops of the fennel frond purée.
- The present specimen is a superlative palm frond specimen characteristic of this locality.
- Common name refers to the chainlike pattern of spores beneath frond segments.
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