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leaf cutter

leaf cutter is the alternative spelling of leaf-cutter.

Meaning of leaf-cutter

Noun

leaf-cutter (plural leaf-cutters)

  1. Any insect that cuts pieces from leaves.
  2. A plantcutter.
  3. A tool for trimming leaves from plants.
  4. A person employed to collect leaves from wild growing trees and shrubs for use in zoos, animal hospitals, etc.
  5. A pastry mould in the shape of a leaf or leaves.

Forms of leaf cutter

pluralleaf cutters

Questions about leaf cutter

What is leaf cutter the alternative spelling of?
Leaf cutter is the alternative spelling of leaf-cutter.

Words near leaf cutter in the dictionary

  1. leaf celeries
  2. leaf celery
  3. leaf crumpler
  4. leaf crumplers
  5. leaf curl
  6. leaf cutter
  7. leaf cutters
  8. leaf fat
  9. leaf flea
  10. leaf fleas
  11. leaf frog

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Adapted from Wiktionary: leaf cutter (page history and authors); leaf-cutter (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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