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Plant Leaves  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Leaf, Plant
  • Plant Leaf

Note

  • part of a plant shoot; IM GEN or unspecified; coord probably IM in genetics & space physiol, NIM in pharmacognosy, with specific plant (IM or NIM)

Scope note

  • Expanded structures, usually green, of vascular plants, characteristically consisting of a bladelike expansion attached to a stem, and functioning as the principal organ of photosynthesis and transpiration. (American Heritage Dictionary, 2d ed)

History note

  • 95

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018515

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