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Scale leaf
A small flat leaf resembling a scale, such as on many conifers.
📖 Definitions of "Scale leaf"
noun
- 1
A small flat leaf resembling a scale, such as on many conifers.
- 2
A small modified leaf, especially a colorless membranous one, such as on a rhizome or forming part of a bulb.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Scale leaf"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| scalenoun | An ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement; means of assigning a magnitude. |
| leaf-scalenoun | A scale on the stem of a plant that turns into a leaf. |
| cataphyllarynoun | (botany) Describing brownish scales on the surfaces of some plants, probably derived from foliage-leaves. |
| leafletnoun | A small sheet of paper containing information, used for dissemination of said information, often an advertisement. |
| laminanoun | A thin layer, plate, or scale of material. |
| foliage leafnoun | (botany) An unspecialized leaf, composed of a flat lamina and often a petiole, which is the primary seat of photosynthesis and transpiration in plants that have them. |
| leafetnoun | (botany, archaic) A small leaf |
| leafsetnoun | (botany) A cluster of leaves |
| leafnoun | The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants. |
| leaflingnoun | A small, tiny, miniature, or immature leaf; a leaflet. |
| perulanoun | (botany) One of the scales of a leaf bud. |
| leafitnoun | (botany, archaic) A leaflet. |
| underleafnoun | A lower leaf on a plant. |
| squamellanoun | (botany) A diminutive scale or bractlet, such as those found on the receptacle in many composite plants; a palea. |
| cladodenoun | (botany) A flattened organ arising from the stem of a plant, often replacing the leaves in photosynthetic function, as leaves in such plants (such as asparagus or butcher's broom) are typically reduced to scales. |
| spring leafnoun | One of the individual curved metal plates forming part of a leaf spring. |
| foliolenoun | (botany) One of the distinct parts of a compound leaf; a leaflet. |
| lepidotenoun | (botany) A lepidote plant, any plant with a coat of scurfy scales. |
| phyllonnoun | (countable, especially botany, uncommon) A leaf, or something (flat) resembling a leaf. |
| cataphyllnoun | (botany) A leaf, sometimes abortive, sometimes persistent, that does not develop into a photosynthetic structure, but instead fulfills protective or storage functions. Examples include cotyledons, bud-scales, glochids, rhizome-scales, and bulb-scales. |
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