Leaf

Leaf

A leaf is an organ of a vascular plant, as defined in botanical terms, and in particular in plant morphology. Foliage is a mass noun that refers to leaves as a feature of plants.

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Famous quotes containing the word leaf:

    “I leaf through books, I do not study them. What I retain of them is something I no longer recognize as anyone else’s.”
    —Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)

    “frog pond ...
    a leaf falls in
    without a sound”
    —Bernard Lionel Einbond (b. 1937)

    “Black creeps from root to root,
    each leaf
    cuts another leaf on the grass,
    shadow seeks shadow,
    then both leaf
    and leaf-shadow are lost.”
    —Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)