seed leaf

siːd liːf

seed leaves

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Definition of seed leaf - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

botany

TECH.

first leaf or first pair of leaves from a seed plant embryo

TECH.

The seed leaf is crucial for the initial growth of a plant.
The gardener carefully observed the seed leaf's development.
Without the seed leaf, the plant wouldn't survive its early stages.

cotyledon

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Expressions with seed

seed money

initial funding to start a business or project

They used their savings as seed money to open a cafe.

bad seed

person likely to cause trouble

Everyone avoided him, thinking he was a bad seed.

second seed

participant ranked second in a competition

The second seed won the tennis match easily.

plant a seed

put a seed in the ground to grow

She decided to plant a seed in her garden.

plant the seed

put a seed into the ground to grow

Farmers plant the seed in spring.

seed of an idea

small beginning of a thought or plan

The seed of an idea for the project came during their conversation.

Expressions with leaf

leaf through

turn pages of a book quickly without reading carefully

He leaf through the magazine while waiting.

leaf peeping

activity of traveling to view and photograph autumn foliage

Every fall, they go leaf peeping in the mountains.

fig leaf

something used to hide an undesirable fact

The apology was just a fig leaf for their mistakes.

turn over a new leaf

make a fresh start by changing habits or behavior for the better

After years of procrastination, he decided to turn over a new leaf.

shake like a leaf

tremble intensely from fear, cold, or nervousness

He began to shake like a leaf before the speech.

shivering like a leaf

adj.

extremely nervous or anxious

He was shivering like a leaf before his big presentation.

tremble like a leaf

shake uncontrollably from fear or cold

She began to tremble like a leaf during the storm.

take a leaf out of someone's book

adopt an idea or practice from another person's example

She decided to take a leaf out of her mentor's book and work harder.

autumn leaf

leaf that falls from a tree in autumn

She collected an autumn leaf for her scrapbook.

banana leaf

leaf of the banana plant, used in cooking and decoration

She wrapped the fish in a banana leaf before grilling it.

Terms with seed leaf included in their meaning

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flower petal

garden parts

bright segment around a bloom's seed-making organs, actually an altered leaf

monocot

botany

flowering plant with one seed leaf

monocotyledon

seed leaf

plant with one seed leaf, often with parallel-veined leaves

monocotyledonous

adj.

plant

related to plants with one seed leaf

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French:cotylédon, ...
German:Keimblatt, ...
Italian:cotiledone, ...
Spanish:hoja seminal, ...
Portuguese:folha seminal, ...
Chinese:子叶, ...
Japanese:子葉, ...
Arabic:فَلْقَة, ...
Hebrew:עָלֵה רֹאשׁוֹנִי, ...
Russian:семядоля, ...
Ukrainian:сім'ядоля, ...
Hindi:बीज पत्र, ...
Bengali:বীজ পাতা, ...
Catalan:cotilèdon, ...
Czech:děložní list, ...
Danish:kimblad, ...
Dutch:zaadblad, ...
Greek:κοτυληδόνα, ...
Hungarian:sziklevél, ...
Khmer:ស្លឹកគ្រាប់, ...
Korean:떡잎, ...
Persian:برگ دانه, ...
Polish:liścień, ...
Portuguese (BR):folha seminal, ...
Romanian:cotiledon, ...
Swedish:fröblad, ...
Thai:ใบเลี้ยง, ...
Turkish:tohum yaprağı, ...
Vietnamese:lá mầm, ...

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