"loose-leaf" meaning in English

See loose-leaf in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} loose-leaf (not comparable)
  1. Alternative form of looseleaf (“consisting of loose pages”) Tags: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Alternative form of: looseleaf (extra: consisting of loose pages) Translations (of a plant or a tea consisting of loose leaves): рефусен (refusen) (Macedonian), sypany (Polish), ба́йховый (bájxovyj) (english: tea) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-loose-leaf-en-adj-akOpAepk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of 'of a plant or a tea consisting of loose leaves': 77 23
  2. (of a plant or a tea) that has loosely connected or separate leaves Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-loose-leaf-en-adj-4roZg041

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