scale leaf

English

The individual leaves on Chamaecyparis plants resemble green scales.

A scale leaf on Persoonia terminalis subspecies recurva

scale leaves (plural form) on Persoonia terminalis ssp. recurva

Noun

scale leaf (plural scale leaves)

1. (botany) A small flat leaf resembling a scale, such as on many conifers.

   An individual flower that is subtended by a scale leaf at its junction with the stem of a plant; a rudimentary leaf.

2. (botany) A small modified leaf, especially a colorless membranous one, such as on a rhizome or forming part of a bulb.

Translations

modified leaf, forming part of a bulb

• Catalan: fulla carnosa f
• Hungarian: allevél (hu), allevelek pl

See also

• foliage
• frond
• needle
• leaf on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• leaf (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• lace leafs, lace-leafs, laceleafs, leaf-scale