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Definition of Leafing
1. Noun. (botany) the process of forming leaves.
Category relationships: Botany, Phytology
Generic synonyms: Development, Growing, Growth, Maturation, Ontogenesis, Ontogeny
Derivative terms: Foliate
Definition of Leafing
1. Verb. (present participle of leaf) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Leafing
1. leaf [v] - See also: leaf
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leafing
Literary usage of Leafing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"... shines the clinging mistletoe, Whose seed is never from the parent tree O'er
whose round limbs its tawny tendrils twine, — So shone th' out-leafing gold ..."
2. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1813)
"la,, at leafing the -Xt generation The letter.^* Abel o mind. But the sacr rankling
in his breast. sensations ..."
3. Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments by Addison (1797)
"There is, I think, an ancient law in Scotland, by which leafing-making was capitally
... leafing ..."
4. Manual of Botany for North America: Containing Generic and Specific by Amos Eaton (1836)
"creeping: leaves lance-oval, entire, acute, glabrous, somewhat silky beneath:
stipules none: a- ments precede the leafing, ovate; ..."
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