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leaf

📅 Updated:2026-08-19
🕒 Created:2015-09-02
🆔 ID:8688

Description

A leaf is an above-ground plant organ. Its main functions are photosynthesis and gas exchange. A leaf is often flat, so it absorbs the most light, and thin, so that the sunlight can get to the chloroplasts in the cells.
This tag can be used for both foliage, and detached leaves.

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