Dictionary Definition
leafy adj : having or covered with leaves; "leafy
trees"; "leafy vegetables" [ant: leafless] [also: leafiest, leafier]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Alternative forms
- leavy (consisting of leaves; obsolete in the sense "covered with leaves")
Pronunciation
- , /ˈliːfi/, /"li:fi/
- Rhymes with: -iːfi
Adjective
Derived terms
Translations
covered with leaves
containing much foliage
in the form of leaves (of some material)
- French: feuilleté , feuilletée
resembling a leaf
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
aestival, arborescent, beryl-green,
berylline, blue-green,
bluish-green, bosky,
bowery, branched, branching, branchy, chartreuse, chloranemic, chlorine, chlorotic, citrine, citrinous, emerald, filmy, foliaceous, foliaged, foliate, foliated, foliose, glaucescent, glaucous, glaucous-green,
grassy, green, green as grass, green-blue,
greenish,
greenish-blue, greenish-yellow, greensick, holly, in layers, ivy, ivy-green, lamellar, lamellate, lamellated, lamelliform, laminate, laminated, laminous, leaflike, leaved, leavy, membranous, olivaceous, olive, olive-green, porraceous, ramate, ramified, ramose, ramous, scummy, shaded, shady, smaragdine, spathic, spathose, springlike, stratified, stratiform, summerlike, summery, three-ply, twiggy, two-ply, verdant, verdurous, vernal, vernant, vert, virescent, woody,
yellowish-green