leaf scar

American  

noun

Botany.

1. the mark left on a stem or twig after a leaf falls.

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leaf scar Scientific  

1. The mark left on a stem after a leaf falls. Leaf scars can be used to identify tree species in winter or from specimens of their twigs.

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Example Sentences

Maple buds are small, and the leaf scar is a small, narrow crescent.

From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen

There is a leaf scar under each bud.

From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study by Ontario. Ministry of Education

The color of the pith did not seem reliable, but at last a book pointed out the little moustache a butternut wears just above each leaf scar.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947 by Northern Nut Growers Association

The leaf scar, therefore, is a circle and the leaf base a hollow cone.

From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen