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:

    “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)

    “When beechen buds begin to swell,
    And woods the blue-bird’s warble know,
    The yellow violet’s modest bell
    Peeps from the last year’s leaves below.”
    —William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878)

    “Till the sun grows cold,
    And the stars are old,
    And the leaves of the Judgment Book unfold.”
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