See leafy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "Those are not necessarily the leafiest areas. From the tenants of Durham, £1,671,546 was used to subsidise people elsewhere. I am not familiar with Durham, it may be a very leafy place in the north-east, but I suspect that there is a need for those funds.",
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"Terms with Old Javanese translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Romanian translations",
"Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations"
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"word": "leafy-fruited nightshade"
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{
"word": "leafy goosefoot"
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{
"word": "leafy greens"
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{
"word": "leafy liverwort"
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{
"word": "leafy sea dragon"
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{
"word": "leafy seadragon"
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{
"word": "leafy spurge"
},
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"word": "leafy-stemmed"
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{
"word": "leafy vegetable"
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"ref": "2019 February 13, Emily Dixon, “China and India are making the planet greener, NASA says”, in CNN, archived from the original on 11 Jun 2024:",
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178
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"ref": "2008 January 23, Robert Syms, “Housing and Regeneration Bill: Exclusions from Subsidy Arrangements”, in parliamentary debates (House of Commons), archived from the original on 22 Jul 2024, column 392:",
"text": "Those are not necessarily the leafiest areas. From the tenants of Durham, £1,671,546 was used to subsidise people elsewhere. I am not familiar with Durham, it may be a very leafy place in the north-east, but I suspect that there is a need for those funds.",
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"text": "The Tories plan to give their all against the other Ukip defector, Mark Reckless, in the more prosperous Rochester & Strood next month. But this plays to the stereotype: Tories fighting for leafy areas, hiding from the poorer ones.",
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"ref": "2025 July 11, Barbara Speed, “I loved Girls – but could I trust Lena Dunham to write about London?”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 24 Jul 2025:",
"text": "In an essay for the New Yorker about her own move, also prompted by a breakup, Dunham contrasts the chaotic grit of New York with the “spaciousness” of London – a city that “doesn’t jangle me”. Dunham, as you may by now be sensing, lives in one of the leafier parts of north London.",
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],
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[
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[
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"upper-class"
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"(of a place) Wealthy, middle- or upper-class."
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"of a place"
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},
{
"ipa": "/ˈliːfi/"
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"sense": "in the form of leaves (of some material)",
"word": "foliated"
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{
"sense": "in the form of leaves (of some material)",
"word": "laminate"
},
{
"sense": "in the form of leaves (of some material)",
"word": "layered"
}
],
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{
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"lang_code": "rup",
"sense": "covered with leaves",
"word": "frãndzos"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "covered with leaves",
"word": "fullós"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "covered with leaves",
"word": "fullat"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "covered with leaves",
"word": "gebladerd"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "covered with leaves",
"word": "lehtevä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
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"sense": "covered with leaves",
"word": "feuillu"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"lang_code": "gl",
"sense": "covered with leaves",
"word": "folloso"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"lang_code": "gl",
"sense": "covered with leaves",
"word": "frondoso"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "covered with leaves",
"word": "laubtragender"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "covered with leaves",
"word": "belaubt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "covered with leaves",
"word": "laubig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "covered with leaves",
"word": "beblättert"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"lang_code": "id",
"sense": "covered with leaves",
"word": "rimbun"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "covered with leaves",
"word": "duilleach"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "covered with leaves",
"word": "duilleogach"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "covered with leaves",
"word": "duilliúrach"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "covered with leaves",
"word": "foglioso"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"sense": "covered with leaves",
"word": "foliātus"
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{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"sense": "covered with leaves",
"word": "frondeus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"sense": "covered with leaves",
"word": "pampinōsus"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"lang_code": "ms",
"sense": "covered with leaves",
"word": "rimbun"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "covered with leaves",
"word": "pūruru"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"lang_code": "nrf",
"sense": "covered with leaves",
"tags": [
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"word": "fieillu"
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{
"code": "kaw",
"lang": "Old Javanese",
"lang_code": "kaw",
"sense": "covered with leaves",
"word": "sukĕt"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "covered with leaves",
"word": "frondoso"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "covered with leaves",
"word": "frunzos"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"lang_code": "gd",
"sense": "covered with leaves",
"word": "duilleagach"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "covered with leaves",
"word": "frondoso"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "containing much foliage",
"word": "fullós"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "containing much foliage",
"word": "fullat"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "containing much foliage",
"word": "bladrijk"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "containing much foliage",
"word": "loofrijk"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "containing much foliage",
"word": "bladerrijk"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "containing much foliage",
"word": "lehtevä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "containing much foliage",
"word": "feuillu"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "containing much foliage",
"word": "laubreich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "containing much foliage",
"word": "begrünt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "containing much foliage",
"word": "blattreich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "containing much foliage",
"word": "blätterreich"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "containing much foliage",
"word": "duilleach"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "containing much foliage",
"word": "duilleogach"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "containing much foliage",
"word": "duilliúrach"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "containing much foliage",
"word": "fronzuto"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"sense": "containing much foliage",
"word": "frondeus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"sense": "containing much foliage",
"word": "foliātus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"sense": "containing much foliage",
"word": "pampinōsus"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "containing much foliage",
"word": "folhoso"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "containing much foliage",
"word": "frondoso"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "containing much foliage",
"word": "frunzos"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "containing much foliage",
"word": "frondoso"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "in the form of leaves (of some material)",
"word": "feuilleté"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "in the form of leaves (of some material)",
"word": "blattartig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "in the form of leaves (of some material)",
"word": "Blatt-"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "in the form of leaves (of some material)",
"word": "foliáceo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "in the form of leaves (of some material)",
"word": "foliáceo"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "resembling a leaf",
"word": "fullós"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "resembling a leaf",
"word": "foliaci"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "resembling a leaf",
"word": "blattartig"
}
],
"word": "leafy"
}
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