"leafling" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: leaflings [plural]
Etymology: From leaf + -ling. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|leaf|ling}} leaf + -ling Head templates: {{en-noun}} leafling (plural leaflings)
  1. A small, tiny, miniature, or immature leaf; a leaflet.
    Sense id: en-leafling-en-noun-FYVhLn5b Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ling

Inflected forms

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          "text": "[…] 'Twas a garnet leaf of the richest hue, A smooth, bright rose, with a shadow or two, And a silky, rose-petal feel. And all alive seemed this leafling to be, For it trembled and quivered at a touch, As if from a possible hurt it would flee.",
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          "ref": "1907, Thomas Cobb, The amateur emigrants",
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