Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state of being leafy or full of leaves.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The state of being leafy.

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  • noun The state or condition of being leafy.

Etymologies

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leafy +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • But the landscape, in its first sweet leafiness, is so alive with ploughing and sowing and all the natural tasks of spring, that the war scars seem like traces of a long-past woe; and it was not till a bend of the road brought us in sight of Gerbéviller that we breathed again the choking air of present horror.

    Fighting France 1915

  • He rode a wave, and Repubs controlled the government, and laurel-bestowing ceremonies were held to bestew his brow with honorific leafiness.

    Why Twitter Matters & The Left Should Be Nervous Turk, Michael 2009

  • Well, it is a type of Artemisia, commonly called wormwood one species of which is also known as Absinthe, and it is used in herbal preparations and Asian cuisine – in fact, one of my favorite foods is buckwheat Soba flavored with the fresh leafiness of Mugwort, which gives a really interesting greenish tint to the noodles.

    DSH Perfumes Part Two: Scents In Living Color Marina Geigert 2008

  • Well, it is a type of Artemisia, commonly called wormwood one species of which is also known as Absinthe, and it is used in herbal preparations and Asian cuisine – in fact, one of my favorite foods is buckwheat Soba flavored with the fresh leafiness of Mugwort, which gives a really interesting greenish tint to the noodles.

    Archive 2008-12-01 Marina Geigert 2008

  • During the winter this lush leafiness is not apparent, although a few leaves do remain, turning darker and more leathery with the cold.

    Pyracanthas « Fairegarden 2008

  • Since my version had decidedly more cilantro leafiness showing than the original version, I'm calling it Tomato and Cilantro Soup.

    Archive 2006-10-01 Kalyn Denny 2006

  • So I resolved to turn over a new leaf and on Saturday the leafiness began.

    Archive 2006-10-01 StyleyGeek 2006

  • Since my version had decidedly more cilantro leafiness showing than the original version, I'm calling it Tomato and Cilantro Soup.

    Tomato and Cilantro Soup Recipe Kalyn Denny 2006

  • The forest, through which we were slowly toiling, daily became more dense, and we were kept almost constantly at work with the axe; there was much more leafiness in the trees here than farther south.

    Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa 2004

  • His first gift, brought the week following, when the buds of the maples and alders had gone from a button-like solidity to the particulate leafiness of tiny cabbages, was a cloisonné pendant in the form of a peacock, the spread tail a fan in whose center the neck and body of shimmering blue stood out against the proud spread of green feathers eyed in yellow and black.

    It Happened at Elsinore Bayley, John 2000

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