leaf vs verso

leaf

noun
  • A sheet of a book, magazine, etc (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf). 

  • Anything resembling the leaf of a plant. 

  • A flat section used to extend the size of a table. 

  • One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small. 

  • The layer of fat supporting the kidneys of a pig, leaf fat. 

  • A Canadian person. 

  • The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants. 

  • A moveable panel, e.g. of a bridge or door, originally one that hinged but now also applied to other forms of movement. 

  • A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin. 

  • A foliage leaf or any of the many and often considerably different structures it can specialise into. 

  • Tea leaves. 

  • In a tree, a node that has no descendants. 

  • Cannabis. 

verb
  • To divide (a vegetable) into separate leaves. 

  • To produce leaves; put forth foliage. 

verso

noun
  • The left-hand page of a book of a script which reads from left to right, usually having an even page number. 

  • The back side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal; 

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