Leaves
A leaf is an organ of a vascular plant, as defined in botanical terms, and in particular in plant morphology. Foliage is a mass noun that refers to leaves as a feature of plants.
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Famous quotes containing the word leaves:
“She’s taen out her little pen-knife,
Fine flowers in the valley,
And twinned the sweet babe o’ its life,
And the green leaves they grow rarely.”
—Unknown. The Cruel Mother (l. 9–12)
“A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatisfied. What more can one want?”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
“The effort to calculate exactly what the voters want at each particular moment leaves out of account the fact that when they are troubled the thing the voters most want is to be told what to want.”
—Walter Lippmann (1889–1974)