Meaning: Any of several cultivated sour cherry trees bearing fruit with dark skin and juice. Classified under: Nouns denoting plants. Synonyms: morello; Prunus cerasus austera. Hypernyms (morello is a kind of...): Prunus cerasus; sour cherry; sour cherry tree (rather small Eurasian tree producing red to black acid edible fruit) Meronyms (parts of morello):
A leaf is an organ of a vascular plant and is the principal lateral appendage of the stem. The leaves and stem together form the shoot. Leaves are collectively referred to as foliage, as in autumn foliage. Diagram of a simple leaf.
Definition of LEAF for Kids. 1. : one of the usually flat green parts that grow from a plant stem and that functions mainly in making food by photosynthesis. 2. 3. : a single sheet of a book containing a page on each side.4.: a part that can be added to or removed from a table top. â leafÂ·less \ËlÄf-lÉs\ adjective. one of the flat and typically green parts of a plant that grow from a stem or twig. : a sheet of paper in a book. : a part that can be added to or removed from a table to change the size of its top surface.