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7 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
originEtymology tree English leaf Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English leafage From leaf + -age.
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