narrow leaf

collocation in English

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narrow
adjective
uk
/ˈnær.əʊ/us
/ˈner.oʊ/
having a small distance from one side to the other, especially in comparison with ...
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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 ofnarrowandleaffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Normal leaf, also known as broad leaf, is predominant among cultivated cottons while okra leaf, also known asnarrowleaf, usually has a deeply cut leaf edge.
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Thenarrowleaftype is found closer to shore where it is exposed more often.
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The coulee environment is optimal for tree species such as balsam poplar andnarrowleafcottonwood.
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There are apparently two morphs, anarrowleafand a wide leaf, rather than a continuous range.
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Branchlets one-half to two-thirds of an inch in diameter, armed with stout, straight or curved, scattered prickles and nearly encircled bynarrowleafscars.
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Tillandsia punctulata has mostly narrow leaves but with broader bases that are able to store small quantities of water in the axils.
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This plant produces a basal rosette of long, narrow leaves 10- 20 long, which are generally hairy to bristly.
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The narrow leaves are mostly located around the bases of the densely clumped stems.
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It has long, narrow leaves which are 3 to 18 cm long and 1 to 4 mm wide.
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The long, straight, very narrow leaves grow in whorls on the lower stem and in pairs near the top.
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It has narrow leaves and grey-green color.
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There are one to four narrow leaves up to 30 centimeters long.
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The stem is ringed with whorls of six narrow leaves each a few millimetres long, often reflexed down toward the stem.
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Its thin stems have sparse narrow leaves a few centimeters long.
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Recognized by the small narrow leaves, slightly paler on one side of the leaf.
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