- leafless
- adjective see leaf I
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
leafless
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Leafless — Leaf less, a. Having no leaves or foliage; bearing no foliage. Leafless groves. Cowper. {Leaf less*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] {Leafless plants}, plants having no foliage, though leaves may be present in the form of scales and bracts. See {Leaf}, n … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
leafless — 1580s, from LEAF (Cf. leaf) (n.) + LESS (Cf. less) … Etymology dictionary
leafless — [[t]li͟ːfləs[/t]] ADJ If a tree or plant is leafless, it has no leaves. A beautiful fig tree that had stood in their yard was leafless and barren. Syn: bare … English dictionary
leafless — adjective Of plants or trees, without leaves. In winter the leafless trees look cold … Wiktionary
leafless — adj. Leafless is used with these nouns: ↑tree … Collocations dictionary
leafless — leaf|less [ˈli:fləs] adj a leafless tree or bush has no leaves on it … Dictionary of contemporary English
leafless — leaf ► NOUN (pl. leaves) 1) a flattened, typically green, structure of a plant, that is attached to a stem and is the chief site of photosynthesis and transpiration. 2) the state of having leaves: the trees were in leaf. 3) a single thickness of… … English terms dictionary
Leafless plants — Leafless Leaf less, a. Having no leaves or foliage; bearing no foliage. Leafless groves. Cowper. {Leaf less*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] {Leafless plants}, plants having no foliage, though leaves may be present in the form of scales and bracts. See… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Leafless-Gruppe — Als Leafless Gruppe wird eine Gruppe attischer Vasenmaler bezeichnet, die im schwarzfigurigen Stil im frühen 5. Jahrhundert v. Chr. tätig waren. Die Gruppe setzt das Verzierungsschema der Augenschalen fort. Ihren Notnamen hat sie nach den… … Deutsch Wikipedia
leafless — leaf·less || lɪËflɪs adj. without leaves, lacking leaves, bare … English contemporary dictionary
