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Something which is like a leaf in being wide and thin and having a flat surface, or in being attached to a larger body by one edge or end; as : (a) A part of a book or folded sheet containing two pages upon its opposite sides. (b) A side, division, or part, that slides or is hinged, as of window shutters, folding doors…

Having leaflike expansions on the legs; -- said of certain insects; as, the leaf-footed bug (Leptoglossus phyllopus).

Having a leaflike membrane on the nose; -- said of certain bats, esp. of the genera Phyllostoma and Rhinonycteris. See Vampire.

Leaves, collectively; foliage.

A coarse American composite weed (Polymnia Uvedalia).

Having (such) a leaf or (so many) leaves; -- used in composition; as, broad-leafed; four-leafed.

A leaflet.

The state of being leafy.

Having no leaves or foliage; bearing no foliage. "Leafless groves." Cowper. -- Leaf"less*ness, n. Leafless plants, plants having no foliage, though leaves may be present in the form of scales and bracts. See Leaf, n., 1 and 2.

A little leaf; also, a little printed leaf or a tract.

The stalk or petiole which supports a leaf.

Full of leaves; abounding in leaves; as, the leafy forest. "The leafy month of June." Coleridge.

See under 3d Bay.

Having broad, or relatively broad, leaves. Keats.

A tree (Terminalia latifolia) of Jamaica, the wood of which is used for boards, scantling, shingles, etc; -- sometimes called the almond tree, from the shape of its fruit.

Cinquefoil; five-finger.

Having five leaflets, as the Virginia creeper.

A leaf inserted between other leaves; a blank leaf inserted, as in a book.

A South European plant of the genus Leontice (L. leontopetalum), the tuberous roots of which contain so much alkali that they are sometimes used as a substitute for soap.

Same as Liverwort.