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Definition of Disleafed
1. disleaf [v] - See also: disleaf
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disleafed
Literary usage of Disleafed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poet Lore (1900)
"The old, old, story! some men are chosen, And some are left outside the gate
Where the landscape stretches, disleafed and frozen, And mocks them abandoned ..."
2. The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural and Domestic Improvement by J C Loudon (1842)
"... all or a part of the shoots produced may be left, but they must be disleafed
or stopped as fast as they advance in growth, or the stem may be ringed, ..."
3. The Suburban Horticulturist: Or, An Attempt to Teach the Science and by John Claudius Loudon (1842)
"If a tree is disleafed and disbudded when young, it will undoubtedly disable and
retard growth, and precocity may thus be induced, and perhaps disease also. ..."
4. The Floral World and Garden Guide by Shirley Hibberd (1864)
"But as no crop will bear to be entirely disleafed, where the grub has got the
upper hand it will be in vain to expect much produce. Lettuce. ..."
5. The Horticulturist; Or, An Attempt to Teach the Science and Practice of the by John Claudius Loudon, Loudon (Jane) (1849)
"If a tree is disleafed and disbudded when young, it will-undoubtedly disable and
retard growth, and precocity may thus be induced, and perhaps disease also. ..."
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