leafy
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- adjective
- /ˈliːfi/
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frondoso
- The garden is full of leafy plants that flourish in the sunlight.
- leafy greens
- leafy vegetables
- leafy branches
So dark leafy greens are high in magnesium.
- So dark leafy greens are high in magnesium.
- The techie's sapling grew into a lush, green, leafy, robust plant.
- They've been used most commonly for crops, kind of high-priced crops such as leafy greens or other vegetables.
- He lived in this sort of leafy suburban area, this slightly posh area around here.
- I would say the number one thing that you can do is really increase your leafy greens.
- Did my training and got posted to Peckham in southeast London, which was a lot tougher than leafy Bexley Heath, where I'd grown up.
- You, you have enough room in this diet to eat lots of different kinds of healthy leafy greens.
- Quinoa, beans, nuts and seeds, leafy greens and the like.
- I'm where we live is a leafy area for me and my wife.
- Cheese, yogurt, Kiefer, sardines, leafy green vegetables, salmon with the skin on.
- And the leafy spurge is super nutritious.
Examples
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He lived in this sort of leafy suburban area, this slightly posh area around here.
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During our hike, we walked through a leafy forest filled with vibrant greenery.
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But also, perhaps a better source would be leafy green vegetables.
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And it's still so leafy even though it's November and the sun is shining.
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Most people are not eating multiple servings of dark leafy greens daily.
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So dark leafy greens are high in magnesium.
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Most residential homes tend to be in the leafy suburbs, with higher rents.
Academic text (2011) -
Quinoa, beans, nuts and seeds, leafy greens and the like.
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The terrain in the jungle was leafy and thick, and the vine-covered trees were full of screaming monkeys.
Fiction book (1997) -
And then we got our leafy greens, our romaine kale and spinach.
Synonyms
Covered with many leaves like a tree or bush
Having many leaves or looking like leaves on plants
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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9.8
A tall plant with greenish-yellow flowers that spreads and harms grasses and crops
- Specialized
A small green plant like moss with tiny flat leaves that grows on trees and rocks
How Leafy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Leafy comes from the simple word leaf, the flat green part of a plant, plus the ending -y which means 'full of'. So, something leafy is 'full of leaves' or covered in leaves, like a leafy park or leafy vegetables.