LEAFY (leafier, leafiest)

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Irregular inflected forms: leafier    , leafiest   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does leafy mean? 

• LEAFY (adjective)
  The adjective LEAFY has 1 sense:

1. having or covered with leaves

  Familiarity information: LEAFY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEAFY (adjective)

Comparative: leafier   
Superlative: leafiest   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having or covered with leaves

Context example:

leafy vegetables

Similar:

leafed; leaved (having leaves or leaves as specified; often used in combination)

unifoliate (having a single leaf)

two-leafed; two-leaved (having two leaves)

spiny-leafed; spiny-leaved (having spiny leaves)

silver-leafed; silver-leaved; silvery-leafed; silvery-leaved (having silvery leaves)

silky-leafed; silky-leaved (having glossy leaves)

prickly-leafed; prickly-leaved (having prickly leaves)

pinnate-leafed; pinnate-leaved (having pinnate leaves)

petal-like; petallike (resembling a petal)

leather-leafed; leather-leaved (having leathery leaves)

leaf-like; leaflike (resembling a leaf)

bifoliate (having two leaves)

large-leafed; large-leaved (having relatively large leaves)

ivied; ivy-covered (overgrown with ivy)

grassy-leafed; grassy-leaved (having leaves that resemble grass)

foliolate ((often used as a combining form) having leaflets (compound leaves) or a specified kind or number of leaflets)

foliate ((often used as a combining form) having or resembling a leaf or having a specified kind or number of leaves)

foliaceous; foliaged; foliose (bearing numerous leaves)

fine-leafed; fine-leaved (having fine leaves)

fan-leafed; fan-leaved (having fan-shaped leaves)

curly-leafed; curly-leaved (having curly leaves)

bowery (like a bower; leafy and shady)

Antonym:

leafless (having no leaves)

Derivation:

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

 Context examples 

Earth system scientists from the University of California, Irvine have identified another culprit when a river overflows its banks: leafy plants.

(Plant physiology will be major contributor to future river flooding, National Science Foundation)

There are leafy vegetables often called red spinach.

(World's First True Red Spinach Variety Released, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

Now here (he pointed to the leafy enclosure we had entered) all is real, sweet, and pure.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Leafy green vegetables, beans, and peas also have B vitamins.

(B Vitamins, NIH)

A substance found in yellow and orange fruits and vegetables and in dark green, leafy vegetables.

(Beta carotene, NCI Dictionary)

The general name for a group of pigments found in green, yellow, and leafy vegetables, and yellow fruits.

(Carotene, NCI Thesaurus)

Folic acid is the synthetic form of folate, or vitamin B9, which is found in leafy green vegetables, nuts, peas, beans and other foods.

(Daily folic acid supplement may reduce risk of gestational diabetes, National Institutes of Health)

And it turned down gut conversion of things that are known to be really beneficial to the brain, such as flavones and flavonoids, which are found in leafy green vegetables.

(Probiotics May Not Always Be A Silver Bullet for Better Health, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Carotenoids are pigments found in green, yellow, and leafy vegetables, and yellow fruits.

(Carotenoid, NCI Thesaurus)

Smoking, for example, increases the risk of developing the disease, while eating leafy greens and fish reduces it.

(New study about genes linked to age-related macular degeneration, National Institutes of Health)