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Leafing   /lˈifɪŋ/   Listen
Leafing

noun
1.
(botany) the process of forming leaves.  Synonym: foliation.





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"Leafing" Quotes from Famous Books



... I suppose," replied Miss Harson, "that it is a very fresh tint; and we are seeing it in its first beauty now. This is the locust tree, and May is its time for leafing out in the tenderest of greens. The pinnate—from pinna, Latin for feather'—leaves are composed of from nine to twenty-five leaflets, which are egg-shaped, with a short point, very smooth, light green above and still lighter beneath. These leaves are much liked by cattle, and ...
— Among the Trees at Elmridge • Ella Rodman Church
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Words linked to "Leafing" :   botany, maturation, ontogeny, development, growth, ontogenesis, growing, phytology


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