leaf-like
Adjective Satellite
Meaning
resembling a leaf
Source: WordNetSynonyms
Examples
An Edward's England spat us out - a band Foredoomed to redden Vistula or Rhine, And leaf-like toss with every wind malign. All mocked the faith they could not understand.
A few species (such as Acacia glaucoptera ) lack leaves or phyllodes altogether but instead possess cladodes, modified leaf-like photosynthetic stems functioning as leaves.
Hence, many are microscopic and the large species have flat ribbon-like or leaf-like shapes.
It is usually perpendicular (at a right angle to) the leaf-like cloud formation seen on satellite during the early stage of cyclogenesis.
Their stems are typically flattened, almost leaf-like in appearance, with fewer or even no spines.