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Cut deeply into many lobes or divisions; as, a dissected leaf.

Dividing into double or treble ramifications; -- said of a leaf or stem. [R.] Loudon.

Cut into distinct parts, by incisions which reach the midrib; - - said of a leaf.

A plant of the genus Cuscuta. It is a leafless parasitical vine with yellowish threadlike stems. It attaches itself to some other plant, as to flax, goldenrod, etc., and decaying at the root. is nourished by the plant that supports it.

The corner of a leaf, in a book, turned down like the ear of a dog. Gray. -- Dog's"-eared`, a. Cowper.

Pertaining to the surface naturally inferior, as of a leaf.

ng, or producing, on the back; -- applied to ferns which produce seeds on the back of the leaf, and to certain Batrachia, the ova of which become attached to the skin of the back of the parent, where they develop; dorsiparous.

bending together in the middle; to fold one part upon another part of; as, to double the leaf of a book, and the like; to clinch, as the fist; -- often followed by up; as, to double up a sheet of paper or cloth. Prior. Then the old man Was wroth, and doubled up his hands. Tennyson.

A small annual species of Geranium, native in England; -- so called from the shape of the leaf.

To shiver or tremble; to dodder. I dudder and shake like an aspen leaf. Ford.

lse is Sarcophyllis edulis; the common is Rhodymenia. [Written also dillisk.] The crimson leaf of the dulse is seen To blush like a banner bathed in slaughter. Percival.

Having twelve leaves to a sheet; as, a duodecimo from, book, leaf, size, etc.

r part can be shut and fastened, while the upper part remains open. -- Dutch foil, Dutch leaf, or Dutch gold, a kind of brass rich in copper, rolled or beaten into thin sheets, used in Holland to ornament toys and paper; -- called also Dutch mineral, Dutch metal, brass foil, and bronze leaf. -- Dutch liquid (Chem.),…

Having no ribs or nerves; -- said of a leaf.

Destitute of teeth; as, an edentate quadruped; an edentate leaf.

Drawn out at length; elongated; as, an elongate leaf. "An elongate form." Earle.

Composed of eleven leaflets; -- said of a leaf.

Wrapped up within a leaf or sheath.

Having the form of a sword blade; sword-shaped; as, an ensiform leaf. Ensiform cartilage, and Ensiform process. (Anat.) See Xiphisternum.

Having an evenly continuous edge, as a leaf which has no kind of teeth.