scale leaf

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scale leaf

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany a modified leaf, often small and membranous, protecting buds, etc.

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) any of the leaves of some conifers, such as cypresses, that are small and tightly pressed to the stem

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scale leaf - a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin

scale

foliage, leaf, leafage - the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants

squamule - a minute scale

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