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A leaf (pl.: leaves) is a principal appendage of the stem of a vascular plant, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis...

flavor that a bay leaf imparts to a dish has not been universally agreed upon, but most agree it is a subtle addition. Bay leaves come from various plants...

terms are used to describe leaf morphology in the description and taxonomy of plants. Leaves may be simple (a single leaf blade or lamina) or compound...

The banana leaf is the leaf of the banana plant, which may produce up to 40 leaves in a growing cycle. The leaves have a wide range of applications because...

tree is also called curry leaf tree or curry bush, among numerous local names, depending on the country. The fresh leaves are an indispensable part of...

leaf is the characteristic leaf of the maple tree. It is most widely recognized as the national symbol of Canada. By the early 1700s, the maple leaf had...

greens, or simply greens, are plant leaves eaten as a vegetable, sometimes accompanied by tender petioles and shoots. Leaf vegetables eaten raw in a salad...

much more concentrated in the leaves compared with olive fruit or olive oil: 1450 mg total phenolics/100 g fresh leaf vs. 110 mg/100 g fruit and 23 mg/100...

or No. 1 leaf, with leaves numbered in descending order of length.: 1–3  The eyes at the end of the leaf spring are formed into the master leaf.: 6  In...

woodboring beetles, leaf miners are protected from many predators and plant defenses by feeding within the tissues of the leaves, selectively eating only...

Palm-leaf manuscripts are manuscripts made out of dried palm leaves. Palm leaves were used as writing materials in the Indian subcontinent and in Southeast...

frequency of a five-leaf clover is ~24,400 to 1, and of a six-leaf clover is ~312,500 to 1. Clovers can have more than four leaves. Five-leaf clovers are less...

Autumn leaf color is a phenomenon that affects the normally green leaves of many deciduous trees and shrubs by which they take on, during a few weeks...

The Toronto Maple Leafs (officially the Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club and often referred to as the Leafs) are a professional ice hockey team based in...

(from Ancient Greek φύλλον (phúllon) 'leaf', and τάξις (táxis) 'arrangement') or phyllotaxy is the arrangement of leaves on a plant stem. Phyllotactic spirals...

content of dry Erythroxylum coca var. coca leaves was measured ranging from 0.23% to 0.96%. Coca-Cola used coca leaf extract in its products from 1885 until...

Grape leaves, the leaves of the grapevine plant, are used in the cuisines of a number of cultures. They may be obtained fresh, or preserved in jars or...

respectively to leaves with and without petioles. The petiole is a stalk that attaches a leaf to the plant stem. In petiolate leaves the leaf stalk may be...

or why betel leaves were first combined with areca nuts, since areca nuts can be chewed alone. While the practice of chewing Betel leaf existed even before...

bowl') is a "seed leaf" - a significant part of the embryo within the seed of a plant, and is formally defined as "the embryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants...