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# leafy

«leafy» in Mova's school dictionary: **Having lots of leaves: «a leafy tree»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (leafy, leafier, leafiest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Having lots of leaves: «a leafy tree». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leafy/#m1)

2) (of a place) With many trees and gardens, green and pleasant: «a leafy street». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leafy/#m2)

3) (of vegetables) Eaten as leaves: «leafy greens». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leafy/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In health lessons: leafy green vegetables (spinach, lettuce, kale, cabbage) are full of vitamins. In geography and stories: «a leafy suburb» suggests a quiet, green, comfortable area. In science: leafy plants need light for photosynthesis.

### examples

- We walked down a leafy lane. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leafy/#x1)
- Eat your leafy greens like spinach and lettuce. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leafy/#x2)
- The leafy branches gave us shade. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leafy/#x3)
- They live in a leafy part of town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leafy/#x4)
- The leafiest tree in the park is the old oak. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leafy/#x5)
- Caterpillars love leafy plants. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leafy/#x6)
- Overgrown with thistles and rank weeds, in the centre of which a leafy lime tree reared itself. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leafy/#x7)

### note

Comparative: leafier, leafiest (y → i). From leaf + -y. Plural of leaf is leaves (not «leafs»), but the adjective is leafy.

### In the corpora

- [Elephants sometimes use tools, such as a stick to scratch an itch or a leafy branch to swat flies.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/21-elephants-the-trunk/16/)
- [Wild rabbits mostly eat grass, clover and leafy plants; carrots are sugary and should be only a small treat for pet rabbits.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/123-bugs-bunny-and-daffy-duck-real-rabbits-hares-and-ducks/5/)
- [Howlers rest most of the day, because their leafy food gives little energy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/156-the-amazon-canopy/5/)
- [Guinea pigs cannot make their own vitamin C, so they need fresh vegetables such as pepper or leafy greens every day.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish/8/)
- [Rabbits should eat mostly hay and grass with some leafy greens; carrots are sugary treats for now and then.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/7-pets-and-farm-animals/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «leafy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leafy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.