Collocations withleaf
These are words often used in combination withleaf.
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autumn leaf
Or are they just hoping that something may turn up; and are they being blown hither and thither like an autumn leaf?
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banana leaf
Mixed rice is often sold by street vendors, wrapped in a banana leaf.
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coriander leaf
Coriander leaf was found to prevent deposition of lead in mice, due to a presumptive chelation of lead by substances in the plant.
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crushed leaf
His experiments showed that crushed leaf extracts from infected tobacco plants remain infectious after filtration.
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curry leaves
The semi-solid koozh is later liquefied for consumption by adding water and salt and, optionally, buttermilk, onion, curry leaves and coriander leaves.
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dead leaf
For example, the exact pathway of a dead leaf falling from a tree is also certainly not predictable.
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dry leaf
Effect of non-host plant extracts on diamondback moth and its parasitoid solution contained the extract from 100 g dry leaf powder.
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evergreen leaves
The fruits ripen in winter and thus provide winter colour contrast between the bright red of the fruits and the glossy green evergreen leaves.
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fallen leaf
After that, she spent time standing on her tip toes, having eaten only one fallen leaf of a tree.
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fresh leaf
To facilitate pupation, the leaf disc with the second instar larva was sandwiched between two fresh leaf discs.
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glossy leaves
It grows to a maximum of around 30m ft in height and has large glossy leaves.
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green leaf
The three most active compounds were 6-carbon aldehydes and alcohols, components of general green leaf volatiles.
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heart-shaped leaves
The "pseudolulo" is a large herbaceous plant or a small shrub, with heart-shaped leaves.
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leaf blight
Even if leaf blight strikes again, it is not likely to strike the maize crop year after year throughout the transitional period of six years.
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leaf debris
It also prefers areas with plentiful leaf debris.
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leaf motif
The fluted columns have capitals elaborately carved with a tobacco leaf motif.
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leaf rosette
The inflorescence is under 4 centimeters tall, taking the form of a cluster of several flowers sitting atop the leaf rosette.
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leaf rust
In contrast to leaf rust, a highly specialized, wind-borne pathogen with a shallow dispersal gradient, tan spot is residue-borne with a steep dispersal gradient69.
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leaf sheath
A long upper leaf sheath clasps the delicate stem.
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leaf tissue
Under shade, leaves of many species are thinner in order to capture more light with decreased investment in leaf tissue.
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leathery leaf
The erect, thick, leathery leaf is elliptic-ovate in shape.
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mint leaf
This soup is sometimes served with a fresh mint leaf on top.
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narrow leaf
Normal leaf, also known as broad leaf, is predominant among cultivated cottons while okra leaf, also known as narrow leaf, usually has a deeply cut leaf edge.
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outer leaf
Not all houses are built so that the cavity between the inner and outer leaf of the walls can be safely filled.
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oval leaf
The leathery, oval leaves are usually 5080 mm long and 3040 mm wide.
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plantain leaf
The men go entirely naked, and the women wear nothing more than a very narrow slip of plantain leaf.
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shiny leaves
The evergreen shiny leaves are oblanceolate.
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upper leaf
The bright yellowish-green eggs are deposited in a single layer on the upper leaf surface.
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variegated leaf
The knockout plants exhibit a phenotype of variegated leaves with white patches that indicate a lack of pigmentation or photodamage.
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waxy leaf
This mallee is easily recognised in the field by its form, large, white, waxy leaves and, when in flower, stamens clustered in four groups.
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wet leaves
Jaeger (1981) observed that birds foraging in the litter were less efficient in capturing salamanders during the wet season because of the birds' inability to separate wet leaves.
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