crushed leaf

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crush
noun
uk
/krʌʃ/us
/krʌʃ/
informal
a strong but temporary feeling of ...
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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 ofcrushandleaffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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His experiments showed thatcrushedleafextracts from infected tobacco plants remain infectious after filtration.
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His experiments showed thatcrushedleafextracts from infected tobacco plants remain infectious after filtration.
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People have used a poultice of fresh crushed leaves for skin injuries or inflammations, or to line their shoes or fill their socks while hiking.
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Ointment was prepared by mixing crushed leaves with animal fat.
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Crushed leaves have a taste and smell reminiscent of turpentine.
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Crushed leaves are also used to treat wounds in domestic animals, and as a snake-bite antidote.
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His experiments showed that extracts from the crushed leaves of infected tobacco-plants remain infectious after filtration.
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Like many in this family the crushed leaves have a distinctive scent.
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Crushed leaves and bark could be made into a mixture to wash sores with.
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Except for ointments, which were made by mixing crushed leaves with animal fat, medicines were rarely mixed.
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Its crushed leaves and stems are used to enervate bees while gathering honey.
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The crushed leaves can be used as a soap substitute and has some medicinal uses.
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Since it is difficult to form intricate patterns from coarse crushed leaves, henna is commonly traded as a powder made by drying, milling and sifting the leaves.
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Crushed leaves are used as an antiseptic and analgesic, and are applied to open wounds, mouth infections, otitis and abscesses, also burns, haemorrhoids, rheumatism and general body pains.
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Crushed leaves have a familiar eucalyptus scent.
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Crushed leaves are applied to cuts.
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