"flag leaf" meaning in English

See flag leaf in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: flag leaves [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|flag leaves}} flag leaf (plural flag leaves)
  1. (agricultural, cereals, botany) The last leaf to emerge in a cereal plant during its growth; the flag leaf provides majority of the leaf area of the plant and is used as one indicator of its growth stage. Categories (topical): Botany Related terms: Cereal growth staging scales on Wikipedia.. Translations (last leaf to emerge in a cereal): lippulehti (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-flag_leaf-en-noun-ll9sB0vu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

Inflected forms

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