red-leafedadj.
/ˌrɛdˈliːft/, U.S. /ˈrɛdˌlift/ 1. Of a plant: having reddish leaves; = red-leaved adj. 1.
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the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > plant defined by leaves > [adjective] > having leaves of particular colour
red-leavedc1425
red-leafed1597
silver-leaved1731
blue-leaved1764
brown-leaved1837
silver-leaf1846
1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 84 Red leafed Cow wheate.
1707 J. Pechey Compl. Herbal (ed. 2) 247/1 Red Leafed Wild Cow Wheat... The Stalks and Leaves are of a Reddish horse-flesh Colour.
1838 C. G. F. Gore Rose Fanciers' Man. ii. 298 Red-leafed Rose.
1880 Harper's Mag. Aug. 369/2 Out of the earth wild vines have grown; the red-leafed ivy, passion-flowers, pink sweet-brier, and feathery fern.
1958 Bot. Rev. 21 618 In the second group are the orchid tree (Bauhina), the red-leafed banana (Musa)..and the poinsettia (Euphorbia).
1999 Earth Matters Summer 30/2 In patches of wet heath you can see ponds fringed by red-leafed sundews, rare gentians and forlorn yellow sedges.
2005 D. Burke Compl. Burke's Backyard 40 Red-leafed flax..is a strong accent plant which adds architectural structure..to the garden.
2. More generally: that has or is characterized by having red leaves (in various senses); = red-leaved adj. 2.
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1873 A. I. Menken Infelicia 117 I saw the Grim Foe open wide his red-leafed book, but he wrote not therein the name of my brave love.
1911 E. Pound Canzoni 1 Ah! red-leafed time hath driven out the rose.
1923 E. Blunden To Nature 47 There shone the Ancre, red-leafed woods above it.
2000 El Paso Times (Nexis) 9 Mar. (Living section) 1 A red-leafed Formica-topped table and matching red-vinyl chairs..complete the whimsical room.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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