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Meanings of leaf blade in English

Russian
листовая пластинка
Portuguese
limbo foliar
Spanish
lamina
Catalan
limbe

Flat part of a leaf.

        листовая пластинка
        Synonyms
        Examples for "blade"
        Examples for "blade"
        1
        He moved his blade into an attack position and said one word:
        The Great Book of Amber
        2
        The blade was longer, too; Akaien had taken account of Alec's growth.
        The White Road
        3
        Ulfger twisted the blade sharply left, right, then yanked the weapon free.
        The Child Thief
        4
        I'm not sure the blade's long enough to try for my heart.
        Divide and Rule
        5
        He just kept coming, swinging that great blade from side to side.
        The Great Book of Amber
        Usage of leaf blade in English
        1
        In accordance with reduced leaf blade width, leaves of nal1 contain a decreased number of longitudinal veins.
        Pubmed
        2
        This increased xylem cell number, together with the ectopic leaf blade formation, indicates that LEP functions as a cell division-promoting factor.
        Pubmed
        3
        Background: As the indispensable part of plant, leaf blade mainly functions as the production workshops where organic substance is produced by photosynthesis.
        Pubmed
        4
        We applied T-DNA tagging and isolated a rolled- leaf gene from rice which, when over-expressed, could induce upward curling of the leaf blade.
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        5
        Upward curling of the leaf blade (called rolled leaf) can result in enhanced erect-leaf habit, increase erect duration and promote an overall erect leaf canopy.
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        6
        Transgenic plants overexpressing the rot3-2 gene had enlarged leaf blades but leaf petioles of normal length.
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        7
        RT-PCR analysis revealed high expressions of ACLs in leaf sheaths and leaf blades, suggesting a role for these genes in leaf development.
        Pubmed
        8
        One of them was a fleur-de-lis, wearing a skirt of green leaf blades and a bodice representing the purple petals of the blossom.
        Ethel Morton's Enterprise
        9
        Analysis of the spatial and temporal expression of Ygl8 indicated that it was highly expressed in leaf blades and weakly expressed in other tissues.
        Pubmed