LEAF BLADE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does leaf blade mean? 

• LEAF BLADE (noun)
  The noun LEAF BLADE has 1 sense:

1. especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole

  Familiarity information: LEAF BLADE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEAF BLADE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

blade; leaf blade

Hypernyms ("leaf blade" is a kind of...):

foliage; leaf; leafage (the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants)

 Context examples 

The stalk which supports the leaf blade.

(Petiole, Food and Drug Administration)