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- Definition thin, usually green, expanded organ borne at a node on the stem of a plant, typically comprising a petiole (stalk) and blade (lamina) and subtend-ing a bud in the axil of the petiole Reference """leaf"". A Dictionary of Plant Sciences (2 ed.) Edited by Michael Allaby. Oxford University Press, 2006. http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198608912.001.0001/acref-9780198608912-e-3763?rskey=Zi05tm&result=3&q=leaf [5.12.2012]"
- Comment The leaves are the main site of photosynthesis. Sometimes, in classification, the term is restricted to the leaves that are diploid structures of the sporophyte generation.
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