leafy

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It is known as a leafy vegetable in tropical America, where people of Asian origin cultivate it.

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  1. adjective Covered with or having leaves.
  2. adjective Consisting of leaves: Spinach is a leafy green vegetable.
  3. adjective Similar to or resembling a leaf.

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  • Wherever it was was sure to be beautiful, leafy, affluent, and baffling as the rest of America. —  The Great California Game—Lovejoy—Jonathan Gash
  • But if such is not the case, “ambrezades” must be planted—that is, a leafy plant, growing to the height of eight or nine feet, the leaves of which, continually falling, decay and fertilize the soil. —  The Story of Ida Pfeiffer
  • The walls of the chamber were leafy, and the workers were careful to step on the solid branches below, rather than on the twigs or leaves, lest they fall through. —  Golem in the Gears
  • She saw only the rolling green ocean stretching away and away, with only a vague blue line in the distance to hint of the hill-range she had crossed days before, to plunge into this leafy waste. —  Conan -- The Stories from Weird Tales (1932-1936)
  • "There's no rule that says it needs a leafy-green base," says Leslie Bonci, R.D., —  Mensfitness.com
 

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/ˈlifi/
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