"scale leaf" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: scale leaves [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|scale leaves}} scale leaf (plural scale leaves)
  1. (botany) A small flat leaf resembling a scale, such as on many conifers. Categories (topical): Botany Related terms: foliage, frond, needle
    Sense id: en-scale_leaf-en-noun-tYM7FtMs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 46 54 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  2. (botany) A small modified leaf, especially a colorless membranous one, such as on a rhizome or forming part of a bulb. Categories (topical): Botany, Plant anatomy Translations (modified leaf, forming part of a bulb): fulla carnosa [feminine] (Catalan), allevél (Hungarian), allevelek [plural] (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-scale_leaf-en-noun-GIinR8z7 Disambiguation of Plant anatomy: 44 56 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 46 54 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'modified leaf, forming part of a bulb': 13 87

Inflected forms

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