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scale_leaf
scale leaf
English
The individual leaves on Chamaecyparis plants resemble green scales.
A scale leaf on Persoonia terminalis subspecies recurva
scale leaves (plural form) on Persoonia terminalis ssp. recurva
Noun
scale leaf (plural scale leaves)
- (botany) A small flat leaf resembling a scale, such as on many conifers.
- An individual flower that is subtended by a scale leaf at its junction with the stem of a plant; a rudimentary leaf.
- (botany) A small modified leaf, especially a colorless membranous one, such as on a rhizome or forming part of a bulb.
