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Example sentences for "leafstalks"

Lexicographically close words:
leafless; leaflet; leaflets; leaflike; leafs; leafy; league; leagued; leaguer; leaguered
  1. CHARD, or SWISS CHARD,--is a development of the beet species characterized by large succulent leafstalks instead of enlarged roots.

  2. Large tree; leafstalks about 1/3 as long as the blades 2.

  3. Small tree with leafstalks about ½ as long as the blades 1.

  4. Twigs and leafstalks sticky to the touch.

  5. The tender leaves or leafstalks of the artichoke, white beet, etc.

  6. Having a channel or groove, as in the leafstalks of most palms.

  7. At the base of the leafstalks are very narrow, entire stipules; and from among these arise the slender flower-stalks, of about the same length as those bearing the leaves, with a pair of small bracts a little above the middle.

  8. Whether stalked or sessile, if they arise from the axils of the leaves--the angles formed by the leafstalks and the stem--they are said to be axillary.

  9. Stems mostly bearing thorns at the base of the leafstalks or clusters of leaves, and often with scattered bristly prickles; berries prickly or smooth.

  10. Shrubs or trees, with mostly pinnate leaves, the stems and often the leafstalks prickly.

  11. The large and fleshy leafstalks of Rheum Rhaponticum and other species of the same genus.

  12. These blades may be sessile or have leafstalks of their own.

  13. The large and fleshy leafstalks of Rheum Rhaponticum and other species of the same genus.

  14. The sheathing bases of the leafstalks collect and retain rain water, which flows freely when they are pierced with a knife, whence the plant is called traveller's tree.

  15. The large and fleshy leafstalks of Rheum Rhaponticum and other species of the same genus.

  16. Defn: A plant (Rheum Rhaponticum) the leafstalks of which are acid, and are used in making pies; the garden rhubarb.

  17. Stem: Trailing or partly climbing with the help of leafstalks and leaflets.

  18. To avoid complete shading their leafstalks are often many times the length of their more fortunately placed neighbors above them.


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