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leeward tide
  • n  a tide that runs in the same direction as the wind is blowing
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leather
  • n  an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning
  • v  whip with a leather strap
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leather fern
  • n  stout tropical swamp fern (especially tropical America) having large fronds with golden yellow sporangia covering the undersides
  • n  widely distributed fern of tropical southern hemisphere having leathery pinnatifid fronds
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leather flower
  • n  scandent subshrub of southeastern United States having large red-purple bell-shaped flowers with leathery recurved sepals
  • n  woody vine of the southern United States having purple or blue flowers with leathery recurved sepals
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leather soap
  • n  a mild soap for cleansing and conditioning leather
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leatherback
  • n  wide-ranging marine turtle with flexible leathery carapace; largest living turtle
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leatherback turtle
  • n  wide-ranging marine turtle with flexible leathery carapace; largest living turtle
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leatherfish
  • n  any of several brightly colored tropical filefishes
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leatherjack
  • n  any of several New World tropical fishes having tiny embedded scales
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leatherjacket
  • n  any of several brightly colored tropical filefishes
  • n  any of several New World tropical fishes having tiny embedded scales
  • n  tough-skinned larva of certain crane flies
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leatherleaf
  • n  stiff leathery-leaved fern of western North America having ovate fronds parted to the midrib
  • n  north temperate bog shrub with evergreen leathery leaves and small white cylindrical flowers
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leatherleaf fern
  • n  widely distributed fern of tropical southern hemisphere having leathery pinnatifid fronds
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leatherleaf saxifrage
  • n  plant with basal leathery elliptic leaves and erect leafless flower stalks each bearing a dense roundish cluster of tiny white flowers; moist places of northwestern North America to Oregon and Idaho
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leatherleaf wood fern
  • n  North American fern with evergreen fronds
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