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leafule

leafule noun: a subdivision of a leaflet (which is in turn a subdivision of a leaf).

Noun

leafule (plural leafules)

  1. A subdivision of a leaflet (which is in turn a subdivision of a leaf).
    • There are other forest ferns with golden, translucent scales, but their leaves are very different from those of Christmas fern – usually much lacier because each frond is divided into leaflets, which are further divided into separate leafules.2013 May 20, Elizabeth Farnsworth, “Fabulous Forest Ferns”, in Northern Woodlands

Forms of leafule

pluralleafules

Origin of leafule

From leaf + -ule.

Questions about leafule

What does leafule mean?
Leafule means a subdivision of a leaflet (which is in turn a subdivision of a leaf).
What part of speech is leafule?
Leafule is a noun.
What is the plural of leafule?
The plural of leafule is leafules.

Words near leafule in the dictionary

  1. leaftosser
  2. leaftossers
  3. leaftruck
  4. leaftrucks
  5. leaful
  6. leafule
  7. leafules
  8. leafwing
  9. leafwings
  10. leafwise
  11. leafwork

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