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:
“[Property] embraces everything to which a man may attach value and have a right, and which leaves to everyone else the like advantage.”
—James Madison (1751–1836)
“Nothing more powerfully excites any affection than to conceal some part of its object, by throwing it into a kind of shade, which at the same time that it shows enough to prepossess us in favour of the object, leaves still some work for the imagination.”
—David Hume (1711–1776)
“And I her son, though summer-born
And summer-loving, none the less
Am easier when the leaves are gone....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)