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An ornament at the eaves, concealing the ends of the joint tiles of the roof.

Changing the direction in the spiral sequence of leaves on a stem.

A tense in the Greek language, which expresses an action as completed in past time, but leaves it, in other respects, wholly indeterminate.

Having no petals, or flower leaves. [See Illust. under Anther].

Turning away from the sun; -- said of leaves, etc. Darwin.

Destitute of leaves, as the broom rape, certain euphorbiaceous plants, etc.

Bending away from the ground; -- said of leaves, etc. Darwin.

The apogeotropic tendency of some leaves, and other parts.

d of things. My vines and peaches . . . were apt to have a soot or smuttiness upon their leaves and fruit. Temple. This tree, if unprotected, is apt to be stripped of the leaves by a leaf-cutting ant. Lubbock.

n area; as, areal interstices (the areas or spaces inclosed by the reticulate vessels of leaves).

Divided into small spaces or areolations, as the wings of insects, the leaves of plants, or the receptacle of compound flowers.

as the spaces bounded by the nervures of the wings of insects, or those by the veins of leaves; an areola.

r wall, to throw off the rain. Gwilt. -- Arris gutter, a gutter of a V form fixed to the eaves of a building. Gwilt.

atic plant of the genus Sagittaria, esp. S. sagittifolia, -- named from the shape of the leaves.

An acrid herbaceous plant (Asarum Europæum), the leaves and roots of which are emetic and cathartic. It is principally used in cephalic snuffs.

A pitcher-shaped, or flask-shaped, organ or appendage of a plant, as the leaves of the pitcher plant, or the little bladderlike traps of the bladderwort (Utricularia).

A genus of trees of the Olive family, having opposite pinnate leaves, many of the species furnishing valuable timber, as the European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) and the white ash (F. Americana). Prickly ash (Zanthoxylum Americanum) and Poison ash (Rhus venenata) are shrubs of different families, somewhat resembling the t…

erect much branched stems, and very slender branchlets which are sometimes mistaken for leaves. Asparagus racemosus is a shrubby climbing plant with fragrant flowers. Specifically: The Asparagus officinalis, a species cultivated in gardens.

Of or pertaining to the aspen, or resembling it; made of aspen wood. Nor aspen leaves confess the gentlest breeze. Gay.

r bearing this name, especially the Populus tremula, so called from the trembling of its leaves, which move with the slightest impulse of the air.