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What does the word leaf mean?

Part of speech: noun

One of the breathing organs of a plant, growing from the stem, and commonly board, flat, thin, and green; also, something resembling this, as a fold of a book, a movable part of a table, or a valve of a door.

Usage examples for leaf

The gathering of bay leaf begins when the trees are about four years old. – The Khasis by P. R. T. Gurdon
Presently Rose showed her the attention of asking, ere she turned the leaf, " Are you ready?" – Shirley by Charlotte BrontÃ«
I'm only taking a leaf out of your book, and instead of giving pleasure to just one person- i. – Blue Bonnet's Ranch Party by C. E. Jacobs Edyth Ellerbeck Read

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