Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Leaf-bearing; producing leaves.
  • In zoology, having foliaceousor leaf-like parts or organs; specifically, provided with a nose-leaf, as a bat.

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

  • adjective (Bot.) Leaf-bearing; producing leaves.

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  • adjective botany Bearing or producing leaves.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek

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