Leaves

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:

    “If he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why, Sir, when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons.”
    —Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

    “I happened to find
    Your picture. That picture. I stopped there cold,
    Like a man raking piles of dead leaves in his yard
    Who has turned up a severed hand.”
    —William Dewitt Snodgrass (b. 1926)

    “A breeze discovered my open book
    And began to flutter the leaves to look
    For a poem there used to be on Spring.”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)