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Look once and you’ll see bulbous banana flowers, almond-shaped forms and leaf-like ornamentation. Datebook: Anonymous suburbs, gritty assemblages, the art of African hair 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z
Some brown algae have evolved specialized tissues that resemble terrestrial plants, with root-like holdfasts, stem-like stipes, and leaf-like blades that are capable of photosynthesis. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
The zygote develops into an embryo with a radicle, or small root, and one or two leaf-like organs called cotyledons. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z
Uppingham School's pavilion has a deep thatched roof and an interior with finely detailed features such as delicate leaf-like plasterwork on the ceiling and ornate ironmongery on the windows. Bus shelter among listed buildings 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z
Consisting of four different species in Spain, horseshoe bats may be distinguished from other bats by the horseshoe shape of their leaf-like nose protuberance. Spanish Caves Reveal a Trove of Biological Treasures 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z
Seen from above, the swamp unfurls into a leaf-like shape from the Congo River into the northeast of the Republic of Congo and the remote western reaches of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Carbon deposit in Congo swamp equal to 20 years of U.S. gas emissions: study 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z
The plants absorb water and nutrients directly through these leaf-like structures. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
A metal charm hangs from a leaf-like decoration in the center. Trendy Victorian-Era Jewelry Was Made From Hair
This in turn has led all of its tributaries to dig their own canyons, resulting in an elaborate, leaf-like pattern that casts shadows in the late afternoon sun. Satellite eye on Earth: December 2015 – in pictures 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z
This revealed that the serenade would only work - both for the source and the recipient - if the spiders were on leaf-like surfaces that vibrated easily. How spiders create the sounds of love - BBC News 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z
The team found that leafhoppers lay more eggs on infected plants that had leaf-like flowers than on those with normal blooms. Bacteria Turn Plants and Insects into Zombies 2014-04-09T17:10:00Z
In a bryophyte, all the conspicuous vegetative organs—including the photosynthetic leaf-like structures, the thallus, stem, and the rhizoid that anchors the plant to its substrate—belong to the haploid organism or gametophyte. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
Combined with their leaf-like body shape, the green katydids are particularly well camouflaged in their environment, while the bright yellow/orange morph is less so. In North American Katydids, Green isn't the Dominant Colour, Pink is 2013-08-14T02:15:05.927Z
It has bright yellowish-green flowers, 2 to 4 on a stem, with large leaf-like bracts. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z
Antheridia solitary in the axils of leaf-like bracts. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z
Other aquatic larvae have the tracheal system entirely closed, and are able to breathe dissolved air by means of tubular or leaf-like gills. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z
The base of the hornwort plant, called the thallus, has a wrinkled, leaf-like appearance. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
Trematoda, trem-a-tō′da, n.pl. a class of flat-worms whose members are parasitic in or on a great variety of animals, the body unsegmented, leaf-like or more or less cylindrical, and provided with adhesive suckers.—n. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z
It is probable also, as already mentioned, that the leaf-like appendages of the Phyllopoda are of a primitive type, and attempts have been made to refer their structure to that of the Annelid parapodium. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z
Sepals 4; the two outer very broad and leaf-like; the inner much smaller. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z
Dioecious; flowers in the form of cones, except the female flowers of Cycas, which consist of a rosette of leaf-like carpels at the apex of the stem. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z
The black willow has large, leaf-like, heart-shaped stipules, green as the leaf and saw-toothed. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z
It is a nutlet about ⅓ of an inch long, attached to a leaf-like halberd-shaped bract which acts as a wing in aiding its distribution by the wind. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z
A sultan proud and tawny At elegant ease he stands, With his bare throat brown and scrawny, And his indolent, leaf-like hands. The Triumph of Music And Other Lyrics 2011-09-11T02:00:09.677Z
Stems low, from a woody base; leaves linear to oblanceolate, or the lower obovate, entire, the stipules leaf-like or small or none; flowers solitary, nodding, 2´´ long, white. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z
In flight they reveal conspicuous colors which are instantly hidden upon alighting and then one only sees the bark-like or dead leaf-like under surface as may be seen in the plate opposite pages 160-161. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z
The blossoms, cream-white and clustered on pale green, leaf-like blades, open by hundreds in June and July, actually dripping with nectar, and illuminating the platforms of green leaves. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z
The flowers are yellowish-white, in drooping clusters opening in early summer, and flower stem is united to the middle of a long narrow leaf-like bract. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z
The leaf-like side-pieces covered the parts of the latch where the fingers and thumb would rest in opening the gate, and the projecting handle might be made into something suggesting an acorn-cluster. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z
Scales of the broad and flattish involucre imbricated in several rows, thickish, broad and with loose leaf-like summits, except the innermost, which resemble the linear chaff of the flat receptacle. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z
They change to chrysalids which are remarkable for their irregular shape, with two leaf-like projections on the head which the insect can move in a most curious fashion. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z
The petals are leaf-like and the flowers have no fragrance to make up for their lack of beauty. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z
The creature itself stands upon a retractile foot-stalk, and thrusts out above its battlements a large head, with four leaf-like expansions surrounded by cilia. Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations 2011-08-01T02:00:12.067Z
The snowflake and maple leaf-like emblem is formed of intertwining 'C's, for Calgary and Canada. London 2012: Olympic medals timeline 2011-07-26T16:05:12Z
Involucre of about 5 outer leaf-like oblong scales, which exceed the disk, and as many interior shorter and chaff-like concave scales. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z
In architecture, the word appears for the small leaf-like spaces formed by the cusps of tracery in windows or panels, and known, according to the number of such spaces, as “quatrefoil,” “cinquefoil,” &c. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z
Typical Mousterian implements consist of leaf-like or triangular points made from flakes struck from the nodule instead of from the dressed nodule itself, as in the earlier stages. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z
Quantity of greenish grisaille used emphasises leaf-like design. Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z
The higher forms have stems bearing leaf-like expansions, and they are often attached to the rocks by roots, which, however, do not derive nutriment from the rocks. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide
Spadix cylindrical, borne on the side of a leaf-like scape. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z
The divisions of the Calyx. calyx present usually the characters of leaves, and in some cases of monstrosity they are converted into leaf-like organs, as not infrequently happens in primulas. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z
Their minute structure is closely similar in the two cases; the leaf-like plates receive blood from the great sternal sinus, and serve as respiratory organs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral"
Quantity of greenish grisaille used emphasises leaf-like design. Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z
The pinnae are formed by the elongated autozooids, whose proximal portions are fused together to form a leaf-like expansion, from the upper edge of which the distal extremities of the zooids project. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo"
Spike 1, staminate at top; scales of pistillate flowers leaf-like Sp. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z
These shall cheer and follow you Through the Vale of Dreams Come True; Wind-like voices, leaf-like feet; Forms of mist and hazy heat, In whose pulses sunbeams beat. A Voice on the Wind and Other Poems
When stipules are green and leaf-like they act as so much foliage. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools
It has the peculiarity of splitting into thin, leaf-like, flexible sheets, so it is easy to find out which particles in a piece of granite are mica. Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place
Besides, the trapper observed tracks, tiny leaf-like tracks as of little webbed feet, over the soft clay of the marsh bank. The Story of the Trapper
Cotyledons flattened.—Leaves alternate, undivided, with scale-like and deciduous, or else leaf-like and persistent, stipules. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z
Sepals and very broad leaf-like petals rosy mauve, the yellow of the throat subdued, a fine patch of crimson lake on the labellum, with darker lines, leaving a wide margin of rosy mauve. The Woodlands Orchids
This deposit of food thickens the cotyledons, and renders them less and less leaf-like in proportion to its amount. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools
Flowers blue, sessile in terminal spikes with leaf-like bracts LYTHRACEAE, p. The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State
Here in the later months will come a woodcock or two, with feathers so brown and leaf-like of hue and markings that the plumage might have been printed in colours from brown leaves of beech. The Hills and the Vale
Clusters of sterile flowers with a minute bract; the fertile surrounded by a large and leaf-like cut-lobed persistent bract. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z
I say closely written; for never yet did signs or characters lie closer on page or scroll than do the organisms of the Lias on the surface of these leaf-like laminæ. My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education.
Evidently here the germinating embryo is principally fed by one of the leaf-like cotyledons, the other being out of contact with the supply. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools
Stipules large and leaf-like, deeply pinnatifid and nearly or quite as long as the petioles — 18. 17b. The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State
They are long, leaf-like flakes, triangular in section, slightly worked down by flaking, sharpened by grinding at the point, and slightly notched at the top, perhaps for hafting. Ancient art of the province of Chiriqui, Colombia Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-1885, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 3-188
Pistils and stamens alternate in 2 vertical rows on the inner side of a leaf-like enclosed spadix. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z
In many, there is no stem, but only a connected series of green disk-like expansions, while others have a distinct stem with leaf-like outgrowths. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879
Embryo detached; showing the very broad and leaf-like cotyledons, applied face to face, and the pair incurved. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools
R. Fruit an elongated catkin with large leaf-like bracts; bark close, gray, on a grooved trunk 87. Carpinus. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination
The individual pitchers somewhat resemble an inverted parrot’s bill, with a narrow leaf-like expansion running along the top. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad
Scales of the involucre leaf-like, in about 2 rows, spreading. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z
This is a beautiful rosette-like plant, growing quite large at times, very much branched, whitish, oyster-colored, or pale yellow; branches intricate, flat and leaf-like, having a spore surface on both sides. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth
Day after day she struggled through the earth, pushing her roots deep down into the soil, and stretching her slender leaf-like arms up into the sunlight. Harper's Young People, January 27, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly
Flowers small, cream-colored, fragrant, in clusters on a peculiar, oblong, leaf-like bract. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination
Such questions as he asks in vain About the leaf-like snow! Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad
Heads spicate or racemose in the axils of leaves or leaf-like bracts; fertile flowers with evident corolla. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z
The entire plant forms a large round mass with its leaf-like surface variously curled, folded, and lobed, with a crest-like margin, and springing from a well-marked root, most of which is buried in the ground. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth
In vase paintings we also see frequently the leaf-like painted fan in the hands of women. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life
Involucre of the fruit open to the globose nut, the two leaf-like bracts very much cut-toothed at the margin and thick and leathery at the base. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination
It is more or less shelving, with a leaf-like pileus, marked by concentric bands of different colors. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.
Scales of the involucre more or less imbricated, usually with herbaceous or leaf-like tips. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z
Common petioles thorny, with 4 leaf-like stipules at the base. The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines
In the furthest corner of the wild plum grove she laid it down, gently stroked its soft forehead, and smoothed the leaf-like ears. Indian Child Life
Stipules often large, leaf-like, and more or less persistent through the summer; sometimes scale-like and dropping early. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination
When young the leaf-like lobes do not show well, but as it expands they become very prominent. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.
Involucre imbricated, hemispherical, the outer scales herbaceous or leaf-like. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z
Further, these animals possess large ears and curious nostrils, some of which are leaf-like formations of the most extraordinary description. Little Folks A Magazine for the Young (Date of issue unknown)
The metal cylinders, neatly cut open, might have contained food—dried leaf-like dregs still remained inside. The Planet Strappers
It is of a dark grey colour, striped with white down the back, and having a leaf-like fleshy expansion on the tip of the nose. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America
The colors vary from white, yellow, orange, reddish, brownish, etc., and the form is various, often very irregular, leaf-like, or strongly folded and uneven. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.
Involucral scales in 2 or 3 rows, nearly equal; the outer leaf-like and somewhat spreading, the inner shorter than the disk. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z
I pick one of the stamen-bearing clusters, and can see that it is made up of small separate green blossoms, each with four tiny leaf-like petals, and with four stamens doubled up in the center. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8
But when it is about three weeks old the gills have many leaf-like divisions, and look like beautiful feathered fringes. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children
It is separated into its constituent carpels; and these assume a leaf-like aspect, and are in the great majority of instances destitute of ovules. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
The form of the plant is usually very much contorted, fold-like or leaf-like, and very much branched. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.
July–Sept.—Rays, if any, smaller than in n. 4, and the outer involucre more leaf-like. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z
Lamellicornia: those beetles in which the antennae terminate in a lamellate or leaf-like club. Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology
Sorrento bars are also used in some of the long leaf-like spaces, while in a few of the circular spaces point d'Angleterre rosettes are introduced. The Art of Modern Lace Making
Next in frequency to the calyx, the pistil is subjected to this change—the carpels in such a case being disunited and leaf-like. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
It is very much twisted and contorted, leaf-like, and the middle and base all united. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.
Involucral scales in 2 rows, the 5 outer leaf-like, the inner small. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z
Lamellate: antennae with the club formed of closely opposed leaf-like surfaces, the concealed surfaces set with sensory pits. Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology
A few moments later, a long-limbed model strolled into the view screen, displaying an exquisite arrangement of burnt sienna ribbons plus four largish leaf-like designs. Legacy
The species named is, as is well known, particularly subject to a reversion of the outer whorls of the flower to leaves, and even to a leaf-like condition of the pistil. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
In some of the genera, the upper part of the plant expands into leaf-like—or petal-like, bodies, which are highly colored and resemble flowers. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.
The leaf-like form results from an acumination and elongation of the wings, which in turn results from a marked elongation of the rim of the fore-wing. At the Deathbed of Darwinism A Series of Papers
Perfoliate: divided into leaf-like plates: applied to antennae with disc-like expansions connected by a stalk passing nearly through their centres: also to any part possessing a well-developed leaf-like or plate-like expansion. Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology
Fruit.—In terminal catkins made conspicuous by the pale green, much enlarged, and leaf-like 3-lobed bracts, each bract subtending a dark-colored, sessile, striate nutlet. Handbook of the Trees of New England
The leaf-like organs sometimes seen at the apex of a cucumber would seem to support the view that there was really a calyx-tube in Cucurbitaceæ adherent to the carpels. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
It was he who first pointed out the resemblance of the leaf-like gills of Ephemerid larvæ to wings, and suggested that wings were "a sort of tracheal feet." Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
The leaf-like form is generally associated with the dark, faded colors of dry leaves, and when this similarity disappears even bright colors appear on the fore-wings. At the Deathbed of Darwinism A Series of Papers
The branches are flattened and leaf-like, the centre traversed by a thickened midrib. Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses
It will be seen, under a strong microscope, to have a pair of large claws and a pair of leaf-like plates, one on each side. Chatterbox, 1905.
Linnæus, 'Prolepsis,' § 9, mentions some flowers of Carduus heterophyllus and C. tataricus in which the style had grown into two green leaflets, and in which the calyx and corolla were also leaf-like. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
The margins of these leaf-like branches are more or less crenately notched, the notches representing buds, as do the spine-clusters in the spiny genera; and from these crenatures the large showy flowers are produced. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
No leaf-like appendages are borne on the thallus, but short glandular hairs occur behind the apex. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"
The thin, bright-green, leaf-like fronds of this plant are familiar to every seaside student. Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses
The sepals of its flowers are purple, and the leaves are evergreen; the petals are green and leaf-like, whilst the nectaries are large and tubular, often containing small flies. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
The instance is that of the subdivision of the leaf-like organs of Sciadopitys verticillata. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
The usual form of the Mexican symbol of this day is shown in plate LXV, 48, the leaf-like portion being blue in the original to indicate water. Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266.
We have none of these leaf-like insects in our country, but we do have a near relative to the walking sticks, though it does not feed on leaves, I assure you. The Insect Folk
Above, it expands into a broad, leaf-like frond, which in some species is divided into strips. Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses
Scalloped circle with a square in it, and leaf-like figures. Illustrated Catalogue Of The Collections Obtained From The Indians Of New Mexico And Arizona In 1879 Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 307-428
In truth, the two conditions merge one into the other, as in some begonias, where the ramenta often become leaf-like and bear small bulbils in the axil. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
The entire body is plastic and contractile, turning its leaf-like edge readily over objects upon which it creeps. Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901
While we have been talking about leaf-like insects and mule-killers our walking stick has gone off. The Insect Folk
The only exception I noticed was that the fiat, leaf-like joints of the nopal cactus shrivelled up a little on the surface, but the fleshy inside seemed as juicy as ever. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan
Neck colored, with a white zigzag line running through it; body with curious, large leaf-like ornaments of an angular shape. Illustrated Catalogue Of The Collections Obtained From The Indians Of New Mexico And Arizona In 1879 Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 307-428
As far as their leaf-like stems go, the main object in life of the cactuses is—not to get eaten. Science in Arcady
And as the car rolled swiftly up, these fourteen long leaf-like projections waved gently. The Poor Little Rich Girl
You remember the tropical walking sticks that have queer leaf-like wings, do you not? The Insect Folk
It was like Annie's, only dimmed by age, and shaded by two leaf-like folds of gray hair as smooth as silver. 'Doc.' Gordon
With similar leaf-like figures, but narrower and differently arranged. Illustrated Catalogue Of The Collections Obtained From The Indians Of New Mexico And Arizona In 1879 Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 307-428
In their old age, however, the stems of the prickly pear display their true character by becoming woody in texture and losing their articulated leaf-like appearance. Science in Arcady
I kissed her leathery, leaf-like hand with utter devotion ... she could hardly lift it. Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative
This shortening, carried still further, produces the flattened leaf-like receptacle of Dorstenia, and further still the deeply hollowed fruity receptacle of the fig. Darwinism (1889)
Sometimes it is all in one piece, but often it is divided into several leaf-like parts which we call petals. Confidences Talks With a Young Girl Concerning Herself
They first appear in the form of tiny tufts of yellowish down, and gradually develop till the first leaf-like tubercle appears. Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation
The edible portion consists of the thickened portion at the base of the scales and the receptacle to which the leaf-like scales are attached. The International Jewish Cook Book 1600 Recipes According to the Jewish Dietary Laws with the Rules for Kashering; the Favorite Recipes of America, Austria, Germany, Russia, France, Poland, Roumania, Etc., Etc.
Acanthus, a leaf-like ornament on the capitals of the columns of certain orders of architecture. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge
I was much surprised with the behaviour of a green leaf-like locust. Darwinism (1889)
Yes, down the hillside road, Where Eve's unhasty feet so gently trod, Follow His feet Whose leaf-like echoes make even spring more sweet. Poems New and Old
Joints broadly oblong, margins wavy; they resemble leaves, or the thin, leaf-like joints of a Phyllocactus, with the addition of long, whitish spines on both sides. Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation
He had really been attracted to it by the leaf-like shape; it was as perfect as a Greek vase. The Wisdom of Father Brown
These are plants growing in sea or fresh water, or on damp surfaces, with a filamentous, or more rarely a leaf-like pulverulent or gelatinous thallus; the last two forms essentially microscopic. Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883
The vascular laminae are leaf-like projections, the sides of which are covered by secondary leaves. Common Diseases of Farm Animals
There is nothing to distinguish between the leaf-like feathers and the feather-like leaves. Tropic Days
A compact plant from Brazil, worth growing for its bright green, leaf-like stems. Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation
The flowering spikes of the second year bear long leaf-like bracts under the first few flowers, but those arising later are much shorter. Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation
This species has the flowers on the undersides of the leaf-like branches; and its variety R.H. Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs
Expanding their hoods and raising their leaf-like dark green heads, these cobras hissed furiously and so loudly that the sound was audible a hundred paces off. From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan
I was much more surprised with the behaviour of a green, leaf-like locust. The Naturalist in Nicaragua
Phyllocactus has thin woody stems and branches composed of numerous long leaf-like joints, growing out of one another, and resembling thick leaves joined by their ends. Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation
Ultimately not a trace of the former curvature is left, except in the case of the leaf-like cotyledons of the onion. The Power of Movement in Plants
An impish spirit floated leaf-like on the surface of his mind. If I Were King
At the top of the scape is a double involucre of narrow, green, leaf-like scales similar to what all composites have. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors
Your orchis with two leaf-like stigmas is new to me; but I feel guilty at your wasting your valuable time in making such beautiful drawings for my amusement. More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2
PHYLLODINEOUS.—Having flattened, leaf-like twigs or leafstalks instead of true leaves. The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition
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