autumn leaf
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[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Autumn_leaf_%28Doleschallia_bisaltide%29_Bali_I.jpg/220px-Autumn_leaf_%28Doleschallia_bisaltide%29_Bali_I.jpg)
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Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -iːf
Noun
[edit]autumn leaf (plural autumn leafs)
- An Asian nymphalid butterfly, Doleschallia bisaltide.
- Synonym: leafwing
Noun
[edit]autumn leaf (plural autumn leaves)
- One of many leaves that fall from a deciduous tree in autumn.
- 1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Part, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 105:
- The "King" responded well to this treatment and would have maintained 60 m.p.h. up the steepest part had it not been for a brief bout of slipping, which was quickly corrected by Driver Bailes ("Autumn leaves", he remarked laconically).
Further reading
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