leafiness

  • 21leafy — /ˈlifi/ (say leefee) adjective (leafier, leafiest) 1. having a lot of leaves or foliage: a leafy vegetable. 2. having a lot of trees or plants: a leafy suburb. 3. covered with leaves: a leafy pathway. 4. leaf like; foliaceous. –leafiness, noun …

  • 22Green Man —    Readers will seek in vain for any mention of The Green Man in pre war folklore collections and studies, for the present day use of the phrase to designate a *foliate head was only invented in 1939 (see below), and the various authentic uses of …

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  • 23leafy — ► ADJECTIVE (leafier, leafiest) 1) having many leaves. 2) full of trees and shrubs: a leafy avenue. DERIVATIVES leafiness noun …

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  • 24leafy — [lēf′ē] adj. leafier, leafiest 1. of, covered with, consisting of, or like a leaf or leaves 2. having many leaves 3. having broad leaves or consisting mainly of such leaves [spinach is a leafy vegetable] leafiness n …

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  • 25leafy — adj. (leafier, leafiest) 1 having many leaves. 2 resembling a leaf. Derivatives: leafiness n …

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  • 26eospermatopteris — ˌē(ˌ)ōˌspərməˈtäptərə̇s noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from eo + spermat + pteris : a genus of fossil seed ferns of the Devonian Lavive structure and terminal sporangia similar to those of Psilophyton but lacking the leafiness of… …

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