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Definition of Entire leaf
1. Noun. A leaf having a smooth margin without notches or indentations.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Entire Leaf
Literary usage of Entire leaf
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Southern Medical and Surgical Journal by Medical College of Georgia (1855)
"... this death gradually and uniformly advanced on all sides towards the midrib
and petiole, till the whole or nearly the entire leaf-blade was destroyed. ..."
2. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"An entire leaf is merely the opposite of the numbers from 40 and 41 to 49. ...
A quite entire leaf may, indeed, be formed like numbers from 41 to 47, ..."
3. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1906)
"A little oval entire leaf appears suddenly halfway up the stem after a full series
of large cordate leaves. But here the cordate series is not resumed, ..."
4. Orr's Circle of the Sciences: A Series of Treatires on the Principles of by Richard Owen, Wm S Orr, John Radford Young, Alexander Jardine, Robert Gordon Latham, Edward Smith, William Sweetland Dallas (1855)
"155, an entire leaf; 154, a crenate; and 153, a toothed or incised leaf.)
Compound leaves are composed of one or more pieces, called leaflets, each of which ..."
5. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1913)
"The indices corresponding to the minimum and maximum transpiring powers of the
entire leaf surface are given for the first two plants. ..."
6. Report of the Annual Meeting (1900)
"The actual intake of carbon dioxide is determined by enclosing the entire leaf
in specially constructed air-tight glazed cases, through which a sufficiently ..."
7. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial ScienceChemistry (1899)
"... of carbon dioxide is determined by enclosing the entire leaf in specially ...
of them are sufficiently large to take the entire leaf of a sunflower. ..."
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