/liːf/
Translation
One of the flat green parts that grow from the branches of a plant or tree.
Word origin
From Old English leaf, the common Germanic word for a leaf of a plant.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- leaf
Grammar
Examples
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"Leaf" is one flat green part of a plant.
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"Leaves" is the plural of "leaf", not "leafs".
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Here "leaf" is one single part from a tree.
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