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ar summit of anything; as, the apex of a mountain, spire, or cone; the apex, or tip, of a leaf.

Terminated abruptly by a small, distinct point, as a leaf.

Having small appendages; forming an appendage. Appendiculate leaf, a small appended leaf. Withering.

es and fruit. Temple. This tree, if unprotected, is apt to be stripped of the leaves by a leaf-cutting ant. Lubbock.

species of which produces the areca nut, or betel nut, which is chewed in India with the leaf of the Piper Betle and lime.

or both sides, as in certain bivalve shells, the foot of some gastropods, etc. Auriculate leaf, one having small appended leaves or lobes on each side of its petiole or base.

The angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which it springs. Gray.

A fabric made in Manilla from the older leaf sheaths of the abaca (Musa textilis).

That extremity of a leaf, fruit, etc., at which it is attached to its support.

A tract covered with bay trees. [Local, U. S.] Bay leaf, the leaf of the bay tree (Laurus nobilis). It has a fragrant odor and an aromatic taste.

A kind of primrose (Primula auricula), so called from the shape of the leaf.

ing on or in, as a quantity of hay, straw, leaves, or twigs. And made for him [a horse] a leafy bed. Byron. I wash, wring, brew, bake, . . . make the beds. Shak. In bed he slept not for my urging it. Shak.

ng; also used for the naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist within the leafage of a capital.

A Brazilian leaf hopper (Bocydium tintinnabuliferum), remarkable for the four bell-shaped appendages of its thorax.

Having two earlike projections at its base, as a leaf.

Having two principal ribs running longitudinally, as a leaf.

Having two leaflets, as some compound leaves.

Having a forked petiole, and a pair of leaflets at the end of each division; biconjugate; twice paired; -- said of a decompound leaf.

Having two pairs, as of leaflets.

Divided into two parts almost to the base, as a leaf; consisting of two parts or subdivisions. Gray.