glossy leaves

collocation in English

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glossy
adjective
uk
/ˈɡlɒs.i/us
/ˈɡlɑː.si/
smooth ...
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leaves
uk
/liːvz/us
/liːvz/
plural ...
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It grows to a maximum of around 30m ft in height and has large glossy leaves.
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They have glossy leaves, oblongelliptic shaped, from long.
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Specimens grow 15-20 m in height and have large glossy leaves.
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Northern populations are nearly hairless with glossy leaves.
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Their glossy leaves allows for minimal water loss.
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The plant is an evergreen, with stiff, elliptical, glossy leaves.
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It is a deciduous shrub growing to 2.5m 0 with fragrant white bottlebrush flowers appearing along with, or before, the glossy leaves.
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The glossy leaves are 1545 cm long, long-stalked, alternate and palmate with 512 deep lobes with coarsely toothed segments.
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The glossy leaves are lanceolate, up to 20 centimetres long and 4 centimetres wide, and taper towards the tip.
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It is a slow-growing, spreading evergreen perennial growing to 10cm 0 tall by 60cm 0 broad, with alternate, simple, glossy leaves, and creeping stems.
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It grows to approximately 15 metres high and has long (512 cm), leathery and glossy leaves.
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The glossy leaves are alternate, ternate, consisting of three obovate leaflets with serrate margins.
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Young trees are easily identified in the rainforest by the thorny trunk and the dark green glossy leaves.
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They have attractive trumpet-like flowers and glossy leaves.
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The glossy leaves are large and pointed.
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It has dark green, glossy leaves which are usually around 10 cm long and 4 cm wide.
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It has thick and very glossy leaves which vary considerably in size, depending on exposure to the elements.
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It is a robust herbaceous perennial growing to 75cm 0 tall and wide, with strongly veined, glossy leaves 50-100cm 0 long.
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It has large, glossy leaves, numerous large, red flowers that emit a strong carrion smell at anthesis.
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The dark green, glossy leaves are 1236 cm long and 824 cm wide.
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