leaf primordium

Or is Rand co-opting them by merely using his newfound adviser as a fig leaf?

Not a zephyr ruffled the leaf of a rose, and a soft breathing fragrance bathed his reposing senses.

Hitherto, I have not given the subject much consideration, but I turn over a new leaf from the date of this adventure.

Virginia leaf still continues to flourish, and to-day it is the great agricultural product of the State.

I suppose Grandfather Mole has taken my advice and turned over a new leaf.

When rapidly deposited, as by artificial precipitation, triple phosphate often takes feathery, star- or leaf-like forms.