Operculum: alternatives and connections

A genus of leguminous trees and shrubs. Nearly 300 species are Australian or Polynesian, and have terete or vertically compressed leaf…

Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf.

Needle-shaped, having a sharp, rigid point, as the leaf of the pine.

Scimeter-shaped; as, an acinaciform leaf.

Sharp at the end; ending in a sharp point; pointed; -- opposed to blunt or obtuse; as, an acute angle; an acute leaf.

The exterior edge or border of a thing, as the border of a leaf, or the outline of a bivalve shell.

An aromatic umbelliferous plant (Archangelica officinalis or Angelica archangelica) the leaf stalks of which are sometimes candied and…

Standing before a sepal, or calyx leaf.

The tip, top, point, or angular summit of anything; as, the apex of a mountain, spire, or cone; the apex, or tip, of a leaf.

Properly, the leaf, or flat part of the leaf, of any plant, especially of gramineous plants. The term is sometimes applied to the spir…

a variety of leaf bug

Literally, leaf green; a green granular matter formed in the cells of the leaves (and other parts exposed to light) of plants, to whic…

A leaf borne by the caulicle or radicle of an embryo; a seed leaf.

A leaf, esp. a thin leaf or plate.

The organ formed by the combination or union into one body of stem and leaf, and often bearing the fructification; as, the frond of a…

See Grasshopper, and Frog hopper, Grape hopper, Leaf hopper, Tree hopper, under Frog, Grape, Leaf, and Tree.

A leaf inserted between other leaves; a blank leaf inserted, as in a book.

Something which is like a leaf in being wide and thin and having a flat surface, or in being attached to a larger body by one edge or…