† leafitn.
Obsolete.
= leaflet n. 1.
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the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > [noun] > young leaf
leafit1761
leaflet1793
the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > [noun] > leaflet
lacinia1668
label1672
pinna1703
label1707
pinnula1707
ala1712
lobe1731
pinnule1751
lobe-leaf1758
leafit1761
little leaf1775
wing1776
foliole1785
leaflet1811
lobelet1850
auricle1861
lobule1880
pinnulet1881
pointrel1881
the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [noun] > parts of > petal
leafeOE
fall1629
petalum1687
petal1712
petalon1720
flower-leaf1727
leafit1830
leaflet1855
phyllode1874
1761 J. Hill Veg. Syst. II. 18 The Leafits have no stalks of their own.
1787 Edinb. Mag. Sept. 161/1 The moving leafets are most agitated while the plant is in full flower.
1816 P. Keith Syst. Physiol. Bot. II. 453 The leafits of some of the leguminous plants..are often erected into a vertical position on each side the leaf-stalk.
1820 J. Keats Isabella in Lamia & Other Poems 76 So that the jewel, safely casketed, Came forth, and in perfumed leafits spread.
1830 J. Rennie Insect Archit. viii. 164 The leafits of the rose..expand in nearly the same manner as a fan.
1873 L. Phelps Bot. for Beginners (new ed.) ix. 52 Several distinct leafets arise immediately from the petiole.
1916 E. Blunden Harbingers 60 The lopped tree, be it but stub or stock, Thrives, and begems its leafits in a year.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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