叶子 — meaning in English

English meaning

• flat adj Level and even, with no slope, bumps, or curves.
• leaf noun A flat, usually green part of a plant that grows from a stem or branch and carries out photosynthesis.

Senses

叶子 is used for these senses in English:

• flat (swordfighting) The flat side of a blade, as opposed to the sharp edge.
• leaf (publishing, bookbinding, advertising) A sheet of a book, magazine, etc. (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).
• leaf node (botany) One of the spots upon a stem where buds and intercalary meristems occur, usually marking the end of a season's growth.
• piece of paper A single sheet or scrap of paper.

flat — full definition

1. adj Level and even, with no slope, bumps, or curves.
2. adj Unchanging or without variation, especially in sales, tone, or energy.
3. adj Of a tyre, deflated, usually because of a puncture.
4. adj Of a drink, having lost its fizz.
5. adj In music, lower in pitch than the correct note, or (of a written note) lowered by a semitone.

leaf — full definition

1. noun A flat, usually green part of a plant that grows from a stem or branch and carries out photosynthesis.
2. noun A single sheet of paper in a book, counted as two pages (front and back).
3. noun A thin, flat panel that can be added to a table to make it bigger, or one section of a hinged panel like a door.
4. verb To grow leaves.

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