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leafsheath

leafsheath is the alternative form of leaf sheath.

Meaning of leaf sheath

Noun

leaf sheath (plural leaf sheaths)

  1. A structure at the base of a leaf's petiole that partly surrounds or protect the stem or another organ that it subtends.

Forms of leafsheath

pluralleafsheaths

Questions about leafsheath

What is leafsheath the alternative form of?
Leafsheath is the alternative form of leaf sheath.

Words near leafsheath in the dictionary

  1. leafs through
  2. leafscraper
  3. leafscrapers
  4. leafset
  5. leafsets
  6. leafsheath
  7. leafsheaths
  8. leafsome
  9. leafspace
  10. leafspaces
  11. leafspot

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Adapted from Wiktionary: leafsheath (page history and authors); leaf sheath (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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