LEAFING
Dictionary entry overview: What does leafing mean? • LEAFING (noun)
The noun LEAFING has 1 sense:
1. (botany) the process of forming leaves
Familiarity information: LEAFING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• LEAFING (noun)
Meaning:
(botany) the process of forming leaves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
foliation; leafing
Hypernyms ("leafing" is a kind of...):
development; growing; growth; maturation; ontogenesis; ontogeny ((biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level)
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
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