leafy

/ˈliːfi/

adj 5

Collocations

ADJ.

beautiful, dark-green, dense, enough, green, green, nuts

VERB + LEAFY

ate, don't, eat, eyes, include, lived

LEAFY + NOUN

avenue, beans, foods, forests, town, trees, vegetables

PREP.

in, on

ADV.

only, really

Definitions

adj

Covered with leaves.

leafy trees

Containing much foliage.

a leafy avenue

The Earth is facing a climate crisis, but it’s also getting greener and leafier. According to new research, the rise is largely courtesy of China and India.

In the form of leaves (of some material).

Resembling a leaf.

Another option is to wash spinach and other leafy greens thoroughly in running water before eating them.

Wealthy, middle- or upper-class.

They live in a beautiful house in a leafy suburb.

Those are not necessarily the leafiest areas. From the tenants of Durham, £1,671,546 was used to subsidise people elsewhere. I am not familiar with Durham, it may be a very leafy place in the north-east, but I suspect that there is a need for those funds.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

Antonyms

leafless

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

leafy trees

Wiktionary

a leafy avenue

Wiktionary

The Earth is facing a climate crisis, but it’s also getting greener and leafier. According to new research, the rise is largely courtesy of China and India.

Wiktionary

Foods rich in vitamin E include dark-green, leafy vegetables, beans, nuts and whole-grain cereals.

Tatoeba · #34775

I've heard that you don't eat green leafy vegetables. You say that it is food for animals.

Tatoeba · #879752

When you don't eat leafy foods, you can't get vitamins.

Tatoeba · #879765

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