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Definition of Leafage
1. Noun. The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants.
Terms within: Venation, Lobe, Leaf Form, Leaf Shape
Specialized synonyms: Cataphyll, Floral Leaf, Dandelion Green, Pitcher, Sporophyl, Sporophyll, Blade, Leaf Blade, Amplexicaul Leaf, Greenery, Verdure, Leaflet, Frond, Pad, Scale, Scale Leaf, Fig Leaf, Simple Leaf, Compound Leaf, Entire Leaf, Crenate Leaf, Serrate Leaf, Dentate Leaf, Emarginate Leaf, Erose Leaf, Runcinate Leaf, Lobed Leaf, Parallel-veined Leaf, Parted Leaf, Prickly-edged Leaf, Rosette
Generic synonyms: Plant Organ
Terms within: Parenchyma
Derivative terms: Foliate, Leaf, Leaflet, Leafy, Leaf
Definition of Leafage
1. n. Leaves, collectively; foliage.
Definition of Leafage
1. Noun. Collectively the leaves of plants. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Leafage
1. foliage [n -S] - See also: foliage
Medical Definition of Leafage
1. Leaves, collectively; foliage. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leafage
Literary usage of Leafage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society by Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) (1882)
"Horse Chestnut leaf buds first began to open on April 5th, on one tree ; the
leafage progressed very slowly just before the 27th, when it was checked by ..."
2. Selections and Essays by John Ruskin (1918)
"leafage OF TREES [Modern Painters, Vol. I, Pt. 2, § 6, Ch. 1. ... remarkable
characters of natural leafage is the constancy with which, while the leaves are ..."
3. The Complete Works by John Ruskin (1894)
"Let us, however, pass to the leafage of the elder landscape painters, and see if
it atones for the deficiencies of the stems. One of the most remarkable ..."
4. Lyrics and Sonnets by Edith Matilda Thomas (1887)
"It will not pay the season's rightful fee, — It will not set its frost-burnt
leafage free; But like some palsied miser all aghast, Who hoards his sordid ..."
5. Modern Painters by John Ruskin (1888)
"Let us, however, pass to the leafage of the elder landscape variety an! 'tjm-
the stems. One of the most remarkable characters painters, ..."
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