green leaf
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgreenandleaf
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green
adjective
uk/ɡriːn/us/ɡriːn/
of a colour between blue and yellow; of the colour ...
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leaf
noun[C]
uk/liːf/us/liːf/
one of the flat, usually green parts of a plant that are joined at one end to the stem ...
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(Definition ofgreenandleaffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The three most active compounds were 6-carbon aldehydes and alcohols, components of generalgreenleafvolatiles.
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I sampled one senesced leaf and, for comparison, o ne maturegreenleafper plant.
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Greenleafarea decline of wheat flag leaves: the influence of fungicides and relationships with mean grain weight and grain yield.
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These results are discussed in relation to the possible roles ofgreenleafvolatiles and inducible compounds in the ecology of female and male parasitoids.
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Well-irrigated and water-stressed plants were subjected to three levels of defoliation: 0, 33 (at each of two occasions) and 67 %greenleafarea removal.
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More than half of farmers reported a darkgreenleafcolour for a maize crop grown after a legume.
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Greenleafvolatiles accounted for more than 50% of the total emitted volatiles.
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Greenleaffractionation by frugivorous bats: is this feeding behaviour a unique nutritional strategy for herbivores?
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Resorption efficiency decreases with increasinggreenleafnutrients in a global data set.
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In all trials, yields ofgreenleafwere weighed after each harvest, and converted to 'made tea' yields using a standard factor of 22.5 %, derived from factory records.
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All pteridophyte individuals with at least onegreenleaflonger than 10 cm were recorded, including epiphytes and climbers if they had such leaves less than 2 m above ground.
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There are things that can be done in thegreenleafwhich cannot be done in the sere.
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If these things happen in thegreenleafwhat will happen in the dry?
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If such things happen in thegreenleaf, what is going to happen in the future?
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Sardarpara is fully surrounded bygreenleaftrees, vast lands and ponds.
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This is a small plant growing from an underground caudex and sending one fleshy, darkgreenleafabove the surface of the ground.
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These spiders are commonly kept in matchboxes with a piece ofgreenleafand a spat of saliva for moisture.
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