leafy
Americanadjective
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leafier,
comparative
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leafiest
superlative
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having, abounding in, or covered with leaves or foliage.
the leafy woods.
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having broad leaves or consisting mainly of leaves.
leafy vegetables.
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leaflike; foliaceous.
adjective
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covered with or having leaves
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resembling a leaf or leaves
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Voda also offers one of the banya’s most distinctive traditional treatments: venik, in which bundles of leafy branches gently stimulate the body in the sauna.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Nearby, some of her land, once brimming with rows of leafy chili crops, had become naked plots of dirt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
The eating pattern emphasizes green leafy vegetables; other vegetables; berries; nuts; whole grains; fish; beans; olive oil; and poultry, along with moderate wine consumption.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
Meanwhile in the shires, the sheer demand for data centres sees pressure to expand provision from Slough, into the leafy countryside.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Or a tiger, eyes blazing, peering through a leafy jungle.
From "Rickshaw Girl" by Mitali Perkins
When the prestigious Queen Elizabeth’s School accepted him at the age of 11, the family moved into a safer, leafier neighborhood a few miles north.
From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2024
The leaves are looking leafier, the vines more prolific.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2021
The main parties are working hard to unite the voters of traditional working-class towns like Crewe and their neighbours in leafier Nantwich.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2019
Hobbit homeland the Shire, most people agree, is a valentine to the leafier reaches of the U.K.’s West Midlands, Tolkien’s childhood home.
From Slate ● Dec. 12, 2013
The ground we’re running on is getting a bit steeper side to side, taking us thru leafier, lighter trees and first closer to the river and then away from it again as we run.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
In recent months, a string of similar incidents in some of Sydney's leafiest and wealthiest suburbs has baffled a nation rather attached to its bushland.
From BBC ● May 11, 2024
Maps indicate the leafiest blocks in the city, based on the latest tree census, as well as parks and playgrounds with sprinklers and water fountains.
From New York Times ● Aug. 21, 2020
It doesn’t seem too long ago that an annual salary of $77,832 would be more than enough to keep a family of four happy and safe in the loveliest house in the leafiest suburb.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 7, 2018
And on May 31, "Treehouse Masters" goes out on a limb to display the sprawling luxury treehouses masterminded by "tree whisperer" Pete Nelson and his team for back-to-nature living at its leafiest.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 3, 2013
They had reached the extreme limit of the park, where the leafiest olive trees were growing.
From The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) by Vicente Blasco Ib??ez
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