leafet
English
Noun
leafet (plural leafets)
- (botany, archaic) A small leaf
- Synonym: leaflet
- January 9 1853, Henry David Thoreau, diary
- Pulling up the Johnswort on the face of the cliff, I am surprised to see the signs of unceasing growth about the roots, fresh shoots two inches long, white with red leafets, and all the radical part quite green. The leaves of the crowfoot also are quite green, and carry me forward to spring.
References
- “leafet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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