simple leaf
noun
a leaf that is not divided into separate parts with their own attachment to the stem.
simple leaves
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pluralof simple leaf.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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It is more efficient for large herbivores to eat large, simple leaves.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Trees or shrubs, with opposite and pinnate or simple leaves.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
Pod mostly flat and several-seeded.—Shrubby plants, with simple leaves, and yellow flowers.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
Herbs, with alternate or opposite simple leaves and regular flowers; petals more or less united; stamens attached one in front of each petal; ovary 1-celled with 1 style. 1a.
From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Henry Allan Gleason
Achenes more or less 4–5-ribbed; pappus simple, of capillary bristles.—Coarse herbs, not floccose-woolly, with alternate simple leaves, and large yellow flowers.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
