leaf
noun
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
leaflessness
-
a word derived from
leaf.
Example Sentences
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Bald refers to leaflessness of tree in winter.
From Wood and Forest by William Noyes
There was everything to repel—the cold, the frost, the hardness, the snow, dark sky and ground, leaflessness; the very furze chilled and all benumbed.
From Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies by Richard Jefferies
This wicket opened directly on a path that wound through a plantation of yews interspersed with tall beeches and elms, whose overarching tops intensified even in Wintry leaflessness the prevalent gloom.
From Plashers Mead A Novel by Compton MacKenzie
Beyond Glurns the road traversed the valley in a diagonal line through a dreary avenue of stunted limes, which in their naked leaflessness looked in the distance like a palisade.
From The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
On the right a high hedge showed through its bare leaflessness and gaps here and there, a wide sweep of view over the valley beneath.
From The Heath Hover Mystery by Bertram Mitford
