scale leaf

scale leaf

n 1. (Botany) a modified leaf, often small and membranous, protecting buds, etc 2. (Botany) any of the leaves of some conifers, such as cypresses, that are small and tightly pressed to the stem

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scale leaf - a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkinscalefoliage, leaf, leafage - the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plantssquamule - a minute scale