lit. the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn (idiom) / fig. a small sign can indicate a great trend / a straw in the wind
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lit. eyes obscured by a single leaf (idiom) / fig. not seeing the wider picture / can't see the wood for the trees
Chinese horse chestnut (Aesculus chinensis)
(paleontology) trilobite
the first half (of a period)
(botany) an incomplete leaf – one that lacks a lamina, petiole, or stipule
mid- (e.g. mid-century) / middle period
dried leaf
alternate phyllotaxy (leaf pattern)
Taiwan white pine (Pinus morrisonicola)
ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum)
blade
leafcutter bee
early part (of a decade, century etc) / the first years
prefrontal cortex (PFC)
hinge
leaf blower
monocotyledon (plant family distinguished by single embryonic leaf, includes grasses, orchids and lilies)
(math.) one-sheeted hyperboloid
four-leaf clover
leafy
lobar pneumonia
tender young leaves
(botany) cotyledon / seed leaf
latter half (of a decade, century etc)
small-leaf linden (Tilia cordata)
fan blade
stipule
insect-catching leaf
laurel leaf / bay leaf
bay leaf / laurel leaf
to become bogged down in the details (idiom)
final years / end (of a decade, era etc)
occipital lobe
(of plants) to grow luxuriantly / (fig.) (of a family or business etc) to prosper / to flourish
dead leaf / withered leaf
Agent Orange (herbicide)
Phrynium capitatum
lancet (surgeon's knife)
see 柳眉[]
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