Reverse Dictionary: LEAF

ADJECTIVES
► BEETHY of fallen leaves: withered, decayed → 1804 Eng. dial.
► CRIZZLED UP twisted up as leaves are by cold → 1877 Eng. dial.
► FATTY of a leaf: full of sap, juicy → 1601 obs.
► FRONDENT full of leaves or fronds → 1677
► FRONDOSOUS full of leaves → 1623 obs.
► LYARD ► LYART of the colour of withered leaves → a1786 obs.
► QUATREFOIL having four leaves → c1420 obs.

NOUNS
► BALK a pile of leaves; brush piled up around a tree or bush → 1940 Amer. dial.
► EFFOLIATION removal of leaves → 1671 obs.
► FRONDOSITY leafiness → 1656 obs.
► FULYIE a leaf → c1485 Sc. obs.
► GEM a bud, esp. a leaf-bud → 1382 obs.
► HAIR the rays or ‘tresses’ of the sun; the tail of a comet; the ‘leafy locks’ of a tree, etc. → 1594
► LEAFLET a small leaf; a young leaf → 1787
► PURL a minute frilling on the edge of a petal or leaf → 1552 obs.
► QUATREFOIL a set of four leaves → c1420 obs.
► RAIN-ROT the circle of rotted dead leaves round the foot of a tree → 1902 Sc.
► SCROG the refuse of wood; broken boughs, leaves, etc. → 1886 Eng. dial.
► SINEW a rib in a leaf → 1551 obs.
► STRIG the stalk of a leaf, fruit, or flower → 1565

VERBS
► EFFOLIATE to open into leaf → 1671 obs.
► FRONDESCE to put forth leaves → a1816
► LANCE of leaves, fire: to spring forth, to shoot up → a1300 obs.
► WAG of leaves, reeds, etc.: to waver, to shake → 1398 obs.
► WALK of leaves: to come out → a1400 obs.