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leadplant
  • n  shrub of sandy woodlands and stream banks of western United States having hoary pinnate flowers and dull-colored racemose flowers; thought to indicate the presence of lead ore
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leadwort family
  • n  perennial herbs and shrubs and lianas; cosmopolitan especially in saltwater areas
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leaf
  • n  the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
  • n  a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)
  • n  hinged or detachable flat section (as of a table or door)
  • v  look through a book or other written material
    She leafed through the volume
  • v  turn over pages
    leaf through a book
    leaf a manuscript
  • v  produce leaves, of plants
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leaf-book
  • n  an unbound manuscript of some ancient classic (as distinguished from a scroll)
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leaf-cutter
  • n  bee that cuts rounded pieces from leaves and flowers to line its nest
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leaf-cutter bee
  • n  bee that cuts rounded pieces from leaves and flowers to line its nest
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leaf-cutting bee
  • n  bee that cuts rounded pieces from leaves and flowers to line its nest
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leaf-foot bug
  • n  large sap-sucking bug with leaflike expansions on the legs
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leaf-footed bug
  • n  large sap-sucking bug with leaflike expansions on the legs
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leaf-miner
  • n  any of various small moths or dipterous flies whose larvae burrow into and feed on leaf tissue especially of the family Gracilariidae
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leaf-nosed bat
  • n  bat having a leaflike flap at the end of the nose; especially of the families Phyllostomatidae and Rhinolophidae and Hipposideridae
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leaf-nosed snake
  • n  any of various pale blotched snakes with a blunt snout of southwestern North America
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leaf-roller
  • n  moth whose larvae form nests by rolling and tying leaves with spun silk
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leaf beet
  • n  beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks
  • n  long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves
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leaf beetle
  • n  brightly colored beetle that feeds on plant leaves; larvae infest roots and stems
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leaf blade
  • n  especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole
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leaf blight
  • n  any blight causing a browning and falling of the leaves of a plant
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