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Definition of Linear leaf
1. Noun. A long slender leaf.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Linear Leaf
Literary usage of Linear leaf
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"... a linear leaf, which is sharply pointed. 38. Triangular (triangulare), when
the circumference represents a triangle, the apex of which makes the point ..."
2. An Encyclopædia of Gardening: Comprising the Theory and Practice of by John Claudius Loudon (1822)
"... a linear leaf with a very sharp point. 29. ... a rigid linear leaf, tliat
endures throughout the winter, as in the pine tribe. ..."
3. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1868)
"Stem slender, with one radical, linear leaf; flowers in pairs or threes, open,
... One radical lance-linear leaf larger than the several cauline ones ..."
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