leafy
having, abounding in, or covered with leaves or foliage: the leafy woods.
having broad leaves or consisting mainly of leaves: leafy vegetables.
leaflike; foliaceous.
Origin of leafy
1Other words from leafy
- leaf·i·ness, noun
Words Nearby leafy
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How to use leafy in a sentence
When they’re done they go into the soup along with tiny pasta — orzo or ditalini or whatever you’d like — and lots of chopped leafy greens.
Maybe they’re short and stubby, or not as leafy as you’d like.
How to grow your own science experiment | Bethany Brookshire | December 9, 2020 | Science News For StudentsSoups can certainly be rich in their own right, so we’ve selected brothier fare filled with beans and lentils as well as nutrient-rich dark leafy greens and bright carrots.
6 vegetable-filled soups to help you counterbalance that rich holiday food | Kari Sonde | November 30, 2020 | Washington PostIt is the sunshine that shows the leafy colors to its best advantage.
A fine, bright day in Washington, but the curtain descends quickly | Martin Weil | November 29, 2020 | Washington PostSo far, Bowery has built three large farms and focused on producing leafy greens and fresh herbs for supermarket chains like Whole Foods and Stop & Shop.
A.I. gets down in the dirt as precision agriculture takes off | Aaron Pressman | October 5, 2020 | Fortune
It looks like the shoot-out at the OK Corral in a leafy Eindhoven suburb—but nobody seems to be a very good shot.
Dutch Biker Gangs Vs. ISIS | Nadette De Visser, Christopher Dickey | December 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOn the streets you will come across many young people wearing clothes with leafy designs.
As Iran’s Marijuana Trade Thrives, Is It Becoming a Nation of Stoners? | IranWire | August 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe salmon is presented atop a mound of sautéed vegetables: mushrooms, peppers, squash, onions, leafy greens, and herbs.
Spaghetti for Breakfast?! Not So Crazy at This Idaho Farm Café | Jane & Michael Stern | August 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“During the dry season, women ate more green leafy vegetables,” Prentice said.
All the rapid fire no doubt jangles his neighbors on North Happ Road in the leafy village of Northfield.
There was a garden out in the suburbs; a small, leafy corner, with a few green tables under the orange trees.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate Chopin"That longest, leafy branch touches the very wall of my room," she went on, creeping always a little down the hill.
The Dragon Painter | Mary McNeil FenollosaA green gloom reigned there; it was the still hour of noon; the little birds were quiet in some leafy shade.
Ruth | Elizabeth Cleghorn GaskellOn he went, therefore, till he saw under the hedge a leafy arch over a drain, and he thought that he could pass through it.
Digby Heathcote | W.H.G. KingstonThen he floated upward until he reached the leafy dome, and parting the branches he disappeared from sight.
The Tin Woodman of Oz | L. Frank Baum
British Dictionary definitions for leafy
/ (ˈliːfɪ) /
covered with or having leaves
resembling a leaf or leaves
Derived forms of leafy
- leafiness, noun
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