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Meaning of "leaflike" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LEAFLIKE

leaflike  [ˈliːfˌlaɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LEAFLIKE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Leaflike is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES LEAFLIKE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of leaflike in the English dictionary

The definition of leaflike in the dictionary is resembling a leaf.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LEAFLIKE


calflike
ˈkɑːfˌlaɪk
clifflike
ˈklɪfˌlaɪk
dwarflike
ˈdwɔːfˌlaɪk
elflike
ˈɛlfˌlaɪk
gulflike
ˈɡʌlfˌlaɪk
hooflike
ˈhuːfˌlaɪk
knifelike
ˈnaɪfˌlaɪk
lifelike
ˈlaɪfˌlaɪk
rooflike
ˈruːfˌlaɪk
rufflike
ˈrʌfˌlaɪk
serflike
ˈsɜːfˌlaɪk
sheaflike
ˈʃiːfˌlaɪk
surflike
ˈsɜːfˌlaɪk
sylphlike
ˈsɪlfˌlaɪk
troughlike
ˈtrɒfˌlaɪk
turf-like
ˈtɜːfˌlaɪk
unwifelike
ʌnˈwaɪfˌlaɪk
waiflike
ˈweɪfˌlaɪk
wifelike
ˈwaɪfˌlaɪk
wolflike
ˈwʊlfˌlaɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LEAFLIKE

leaf trace
leaf-climber
leaf-hopper
leaf-lard
leafage
leafcutter
leafcutter ant
leafcutter bee
leafery
leafier
leafiest
leafiness
leafless
leaflessness
leaflet
leafleteer
leafleter
leafstalk
leafworm
leafy

WORDS THAT END LIKE LEAFLIKE

alike
bird-like
childlike
dislike
feel like
godlike
homelike
human-like
ladylike
like
like-for-like
lookalike
soul-like
summer-like
sunlike
the like
there´s nothing like
unlike
virus-like
wandlike

Synonyms and antonyms of leaflike in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «leaflike» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LEAFLIKE

Find out the translation of leaflike to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of leaflike from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «leaflike» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

叶状
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

en forma de hoja
570 millions of speakers

English

leaflike
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

leaflike
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ورقي الشكل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

листовидными
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

leaflike
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

leaflike
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

en forme de feuille
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Daun seperti daun
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

blattartigen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

leaflike
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

leaflike
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Godhong
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

leaflike
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

leaflike
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पानांच्यासारखे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

leaflike
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

leaflike
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

leaflike
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

листоподібними
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

leaflike
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

leaflike
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

blaaragtige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

leaflike
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

leaflike
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of leaflike

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LEAFLIKE»

The term «leaflike» is normally little used and occupies the 141.899 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LEAFLIKE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «leaflike» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «leaflike» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about leaflike

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEAFLIKE»

Discover the use of leaflike in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to leaflike and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Dynamics on Lorentz Manifolds
Then any 0-dimensional leaflike submanifold of M is a 0-dimensional subset of the toplogical space M. Moreover, any 0-dimensional submanifold of M is discrete in M. (Recall, that, in our terminology, discrete does not imply closed.) Let M be a ...
Scot Adams, 2001
2
Spider Physiology and Behaviour: Behaviour
Leaflike sensilla are not present in the prenymph or first free nymph stages, but develop from existing bristle sensilla in conserved locations through a process of metamorphosis over several successive moults (Igelmund, 1987). Leaflike ...
‎2011
3
Natural Arrangement of British Plants: According to Their ...
95. Thallus leaflike; podetia cylindrical; apex fringed, radiated, rays fertile Hei. opodia. 96. Thallus leaflike; podetia dilated above, cuplike, cup open Schasmakia. 97- Thallus leaflike; podetia dilated above, cuplike, cup closed Scyphophora. 98.
Samuel F. Gray, 1821
4
Introductory Botany: Plants, People, and the Environment, ...
Sepals are the most leaflike of the four floral organs, and botanists generally agree that sepals are specialized leaves. Although petals of many flowering plant species are leaflike, botanists generally view petals as modified stamens that later ...
Linda Berg, 2007
5
Biology
The remarkably leaflike stamens and carpels of certain tropical trees and other species support the origin of stamens and carpels from leaves or leaflike organs. Consider, for example, the carpel of Drimys, a genus of flowering trees and ...
Eldra Solomon, Charles Martin, Diana Martin, 2014
6
A Natural Arrangement of British Plants: According to Their ...
Braclece leaflike, amplexicaul ; spikes upright, upper ones sessile, lower footstalked, male 2 or 3. Glumes acute ; male spike 3-sided ; female cylindrical .... T. riparius. 21. Glume of the male flower blunt, of the female acute, awned; spikes  ...
Samuel Frederick Gray, 1821
7
Hopi Stories of Witchcraft, Shamanism, and Magic
As it did so, the leaflike things fell away, and the two snakes then disappeared back into the hole in the corner. This amazed the man, so he took a closer look at these leaflike things and thought, "I wonder if these things could revive my wife, ...
Ekkehart Malotki, Ken Gary, 2006
8
Economic Botany
According to this theory, the ovary was derived from a leaflike structure on which ovules were borne. During the course of evolution, this leafy structure was supposed to have folded, producing the closed ovary characteristic of the angiosperms ...
Pooja, 2010
9
Plants Invade the Land: Evolutionary and Environmental ...
occurring in axils of leaflike structures. Lessrigid appearing, lobed,and inwardly folded leaflike structures are known in Eophyllophyton bellum (figures 6.5A,B and 6.7) and Celatheca beckii (figures 6.8 and 6.9). Those of Celatheca surround ...
Patricia G. Gensel, Dianne Edwards, 2013
10
Manual of Medical Entomology
16); coxal apodemes usually fused to form a rounded network, the coxal field; tibiae and tarsi of anterior legs with keels (Figure 20.16); ambulacra large, leaflike, on short, thick pedicles; setae of posterior body margin usually widened and ...
Deane Philip Furman, E. Paul Catts, 1982

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LEAFLIKE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term leaflike is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Spiky Little Sea 'Monster' Thrived a Half Billion Years Ago
"Their compatriots included such beasts as Wiwaxia, a slug covered in leaflike scales and towering spines; Anomalocaris, resembling a cross ... «Voice of America, Jul 15»
2
Gardening: Planting bulbs
Most of the year these bulbs are a pretty green leaflike foliage in the garden. One of the most beautiful bulbs we can grow here in South Florida ... «Naples Daily News, Jun 15»
3
Shoe Therapy? See How Manolo Blahnik And Jimmy Choo …
Pointy toes stretching nearly a foot beyond the wearer's feet were stuffed with moss in order to keep their peculiar leaflike shape. And even the ... «Forbes, Jun 15»
4
Giant petrel picked up on New Brighton Beach
It is olive-brown in colour, with a double row of irregular, leaflike paler spots on the back and a single series along the tail. Though very seldom ... «Otago Daily Times, Jun 15»
5
Debbie Travis: Backyard morphs into summer room
If you'd like to have a few fire accents, the Lumen stands about 21 inches high and is a cylindrical shape with leaflike patterns cut out of the ... «Times Colonist, Jun 15»
6
Make your backyard a new 'room' to enjoy: column
If you'd like to have a few fire accents, the Lumen stands about 21 inches high and is a cylindrical shape with leaflike patterns cut out of the ... «Wausau Daily Herald, Jun 15»
7
Art Review: Kit Donnelly, WalkOver Gallery
She also cited van Gogh's palette and botanical works as a takeoff point for a painting in which fringed, leaflike objects thrust toward one ... «Seven Days, Jun 15»
8
Trail Horse Hoof Care
Just inside the outer hoof wall is the white line, where laminae (interlocking leaflike tissues) connect the wall to the coffin bone. The white line ... «TheHorse.com, Jun 15»
9
Column - 'New PE' links physical, mental fitness
#In the brain there are many branches full of leaflike neurons that are all connected to the tree. Exercise produces growth of theses neuron and, ... «Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, May 15»
10
What is synthetic marijuana and why is it dangerous?
Synthetic cannabinoids, more commonly known as synthetic marijuana, are herbs, plants, incense, and other leaflike materials with manmade ... «PennLive.com, Apr 15»

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