Example Sentences

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Watkins was studying wheat anatomy, examining variation in traits such as the leaflike structures at the top of the stalk.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 16, 2024

It has this tapered, leaflike body, and an undulating ribbon fin that runs the length of that body.

From Slate • Jun. 21, 2022

Foliose species have lobed, leaflike bodies, or thalli; you can see both their upper and lower surfaces, which are different colors.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2021

The similarities were small but certain — two nodes at the back of the head, and leaflike lobed legs.

From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2020

A pixie with bright red hair and leaflike wings landed on my bleeding fingers and dug her tiny feet into my cut.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff