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Leaf

🔄 Synonyms of "Leaf"

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WordDefinition
foliagenounThe leaves of plants.
rifflenounA swift, shallow part of a stream causing broken water.
folionounA page of a book, that is, one side of a leaf of a book.
flicknounA short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.
riffnounA repeated melody line in a song, usually instrumental but sometimes vocal.
thumbnounThe shortest and thickest digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved to touch) all of the other fingers.
leafagenounThe leaves of plants collectively; foliage.
flipnounA maneuver which rotates an object end over end.

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WordDefinition
foliagenounThe leaves of plants.
thumbnounThe shortest and thickest digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved to touch) all of the other fingers.
rifflenounA swift, shallow part of a stream causing broken water.
flicknounA short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.
flipnounA maneuver which rotates an object end over end.
folionounA page of a book, that is, one side of a leaf of a book.
riffnounA repeated melody line in a song, usually instrumental but sometimes vocal.
leafletnounA small sheet of paper containing information, used for dissemination of said information, often an advertisement.
midribnoun(botany) The strengthened vein down the middle of a flower petal or simple leaf or leaflet.
frondnoun(botany) The leaf of a fern, especially a compound leaf.
foliarOf, pertaining to, or via the leaves.
leafagenounThe leaves of plants collectively; foliage.
herbnoun(countable) Any green, leafy plant, or parts thereof, used to flavour or season food.
vinenoun(especially UK) A climbing plant that produces grapes.
clovernounA plant of the genus Trifolium with leaves usually divided into three (rarely four) leaflets and with white or red flowers.
cocanounThe dried leaf of one of these plants, the South American shrub (Erythroxylum coca), widely cultivated in Andean countries, which is the source of cocaine and used as aphrodisiac in the past.
smilaxnounAny member of the Smilax genus of greenbriers.
grapevinenounAn informal person-to-person means of circulating information or gossip.
brunettenounA person, especially female, with brown hair.
ribnoun(anatomy) Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum.

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