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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In bot.: The period or state of coming into leaf.
  • noun The substitution of leaves for other organs; phyllody.
  • noun Leafage; foliage.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The time at which each species of plants unfolds its leaves.
  • noun The act of bursting into leaf.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun botany The time at which a plant unfolds its leaves.
  • noun The act of bursting into leaf.

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