leaf-nosed snake | any of various pale blotched snakes with a blunt snout of southwestern North America |
leafnose bat leaf-nosed bat | bat having a leaflike flap at the end of the nose, especially of the families Phyllostomatidae and Rhinolophidae and Hipposideridae |
leaf beetle chrysomelid | brightly colored beetle that feeds on plant leaves, larvae infest roots and stems |
leaf miner leaf-miner | any of various small moths or dipterous flies whose larvae burrow into and feed on leaf tissue especially of the family Gracilariidae |
birch leaf miner Fenusa pusilla | small black sawfly native to Europe but established in eastern United States, larvae mine the leaves of birches causing serious defoliation |
walking leaf leaf insect | tropical insect having a flattened leaflike body, common in southern Asia and the East Indies |
leaf bug plant bug | small brightolored insect that feeds on plant juices |
four-lined plant bug four-lined leaf bug Poecilocapsus lineatus | yellow or orange leaf bug with four black stripes down the back, widespread in central and eastern North America |
leaf-footed bug leaf-foot bug | large sap-sucking bug with leaflike expansions on the legs |
pine leaf aphid Pineus pinifoliae | a variety of adelgid |
leaf roller leafoller | moth whose larvae form nests by rolling and tying leaves with spun silk |
cloverleaf | an interchange that does not require left-hand turns |
drop-leaf | a hinged leaf on a table that can be raised and supported by a bracket |
drop-leaf table | a table that has a drop-leaf to enlarge its surface |
fig leaf | a covering consisting of anything intended to conceal something regarded as shameful |
gold leaf | a very thin form of gold foil |
leaf | hinged or detachable flat section (as of a table or door) |
leaf spring | long narrow spring consisting of several layers of metal springs bracketed together |
trefoil | an architectural ornament in the form of three arcs arranged in a circle |
trefoil arch | a pointed arch having cusps in the intrados on either side of the apex |
leaf folio | a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book) |
codex leaf-book | an unbound manuscript of some ancient classic (as distinguished from a scroll) |
Oak Leaf Cluster | a United States military decoration consisting of bronze or silver oak leaves and acorns awarded to anyone who has won a given medal before |
maple-leaf | the emblem of Canada |
clover-leaf roll | yeastaised dinner roll made by baking three small balls of dough in each cup of a muffin pan |
mustard mustard greens leaf mustard Indian mustard | leaves eaten as cooked greens |
chard Swiss chard spinach beet leaf beet | long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves |
leaf lettuce loose-leaf lettuce | lettuce with loosely curled leaves that do not form a compact head |
bay leaf | dried leaf of the bay laurel |
dolmas stuffed grape leaves | well-seasoned rice (with nuts or currants or minced lamb) simmered or braised in stock |
tea tea leaf | dried leaves of the tea shrub, used to make tea, the store shelves held many different kinds of tea, they threw the tea into Boston harbor |
single-leaf single-leaf pine single-leaf pinyon Pinus monophylla | pinon of southwestern United States having solitary needles and often many stems, important as a nut pine |
California single-leaf pinyon Pinus californiarum | very small tree similar to Rocky mountain pinon but having a single needle per fascicle, similar to Parry's pinyon in range |
shortleaf pine short-leaf pine shortleaf yellow pine Pinus echinata | large pine of southern United States having short needles in bunches of - and red-brown bark when mature |
Torrey pine Torrey's pine soledad pine grey-leaf pine sabine pine Pinus torreyana | medium-sized five-needled pine of southwestern California having long cylindrical cones |
yellow-leaf sickle pine Falcatifolium taxoides | a rain forest tree or shrub of New Caledonia having a conic crown and pale green sickle-shaped leaves, host species for the rare parasite yew |
cotyledon seed leaf | embryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants |
floral leaf | a modified leaf that is part of a flower |
Oregon grape Oregon holly grape hollygrape mountain grape holly-leaves barberry Mahonia aquifolium | ornamental evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having dark green pinnate leaves and racemes of yellow flowers followed by blue-black berries |
melilotus melilot sweet clover | erect annual or biennial plant grown extensively especially for hay and soil improvement |
white sweet clover white melilot Melilotus alba | biennial plant, valuable honey plant |
yellow sweet clover Melilotus officinalis | biennial yellow-flowered Eurasian plant having aromatic leaves used as carminative or flavoring agent, widely cultivated especially as green manure or cover crop |
clover trefoil | a plant of the genus Trifolium |
alpine clover Trifolium alpinum | European mountain clover with fragrant usually pink flowers |
hop clover shamrock lesser yellow trefoil Trifolium dubium | clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers, often considered the true or original shamrock |
crimson clover Italian clover Trifolium incarnatum | southern European annual with spiky heads of crimson flower, extensively cultivated in United States for forage |
red clover purple clover Trifolium pratense | erect to decumbent short-lived perennial having red-purple to pink flowers, the most commonly grown forage clover |
buffalo clover Trifolium reflexum Trifolium stoloniferum | clover of western United States |
white clover dutch clover shamrock Trifolium repens | creeping European clover having white to pink flowers and bright green leaves, naturalized in United States, widely grown for forage |
Chinese evergreen Japanese leaf Aglaonema modestum | erect or partially climbing herb having large green or variegated leaves |