Phrase Hound found 300 phrases and 191 compound words that contain leaf. The most common are listed below. Open leaf in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 300
- bay leafA herb derived from any of certain shrubs of the family Lauraceae and Myrtaceae, especially the bay laurel (Laurus nobilis).
- gold leafGold that is beaten into a thin sheet.
- tea leafA dried fragment of a leaf of the tea plant used in making the drink tea.
- fig leafA leaf of the fig plant.
- maple-leafAlternative spelling of maple leaf.
- leaf-springAlternative spelling of leaf spring.
- leaf-stormA sudden whirlwind or downpour of leaves.
- palm-leafThe leaf of the palm, used attributively in various terms (see Derived terms below).
- banana leafA leaf of the banana plant. (This entry is a translation hub.)
- dead leafAn Asian nymphalid butterfly of species Kallima inachus.
- curry leafThe leaf of the curry tree, Murraya koenigii, which is used in Indian and Thai cooking (but not in curry powder).
- leaf-cutter antAny of the 41 species of ants in the genera Atta and Acromyrmex, that cut fragments from leaves and takes them to its colony's nest.
- betel leafThe leaf of the betel, used for its medicinal properties or recreational chewing
- leaf beetleAny of very many brightly-coloured beetles, of the family Chrysomelidae, that feed on plant leaves.
- leaf nodeOne of the spots upon a stem where buds and intercalary meristems occur, usually marking the end of a season's growth.
- leaf vegetableThe leaf of a plant used as an edible vegetable, such as lettuce, spinach, or rocket.
- leaf monkeyAny of various leaf-eating, arboreal Asian monkeys of the subfamily Colobinae of family Cercopithecidae, related to and including the langurs.
- leaf litterDead plant material, such as fallen leaves, bark, and twigs, that has fallen to the ground and may be used by animals as habitat or for nest-building, eventually decomposing and releasing nutrients into the soil.
- leaf blowerA motorized garden tool that propels air out of a nozzle to move leaves and other debris.
- scale leafA small flat leaf resembling a scale, such as on many conifers.
- loose-leafAlternative form of looseleaf (“consisting of loose pages”).
- stem and leafA stemplot.
- lion's leafLeontice leontopetalum, a flowering plant of the Eastern Mediterranean containing saponins in all its parts
- simple leafA leaf that has an undivided blade, therefore having no leaflets.
- leaf throughTo turn the pages of (a book) idly, reading short sections at random.
Compound words 191
- broadleafPertaining to trees with relatively broad, flat leaves as opposed to needles, or woodlands made up of such trees.
- cloverleafIn the form of the leaf of a clover plant; cloverleafed.
- overleafOn the other side of a sheet of paper (including a leaf of a book); thus, on the next page when flipping from a recto to the sequential verso.
- leavedHaving a leaf, leaves or folds.
- leaflessOf plants or trees, without leaves.
- looseleafLined paper, usually collected in a binder.
- longleafA longleaf pine, Pinus palustris, or the wood of this tree
- oakleafThe leaf of the oak.
- velvetleafAny of several plants with a velvety leaf as a most notable feature.
- sweetleafAny plant of the genus Stevia, from which stevia is extracted.