leafy

adjective \ ˈlē-fē \

Definition of leafy

leafier; leafiest

1 a :furnished with or abounding in leaves

leafy woodlands

b :having broad-bladed leaves

mosses, grasses, and leafy plants

c :consisting chiefly of leaves

leafy vegetables

2 :resembling a leaf; specifically :laminate

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Examples of leafy in a Sentence

the backyard's leafy bushes look nice, but have a tendency to attract deer

Recent Examples of leafy from the Web

Acres of Ohio horsemint, pale leafcup, leafy prairie clover and glade quillwort now thrive on land that once was a forest of prickly buckthorn.

— susan demar lafferty, Daily Southtown, "Will County forest earns restoration award," 10 Aug. 2017
Two weeks after a woman was mysteriously murdered outside a home in a leafy residential Miami neighborhood, police have identified her.

— charles rabin, miamiherald, "Cops ID woman killed 2 weeks ago, but still don’t know who did it or why," 31 July 2017
Any plant can bolt, but leafy herbs and veggies like cilantro, arugula, lettuce, Brussels sprouts, and spinach are especially susceptible.

— taysha murtaugh, Country Living, "Why Your Plants Are Bolting—and What You Can Do About It," 28 July 2017
There’s a pedestrian-only Old Town (so drop the car at the hotel), communal bikes up for grabs and leafy parks—the largest being the 1,260-acre Park Tivoli.

— kate springer, CNT, "Why Your Next European Road Trip Should Be in Slovenia," 13 July 2017
Members of the Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, which is based in Pelham, North Carolina near the Virginia border, gathered at Justice Park, situated in a quiet, leafy residential neighborhood in downtown Charlottesville.

— the washington post, AL.com, "Small KKK rally draws large counterprotest in Virginia," 9 July 2017
Headquarters or major offices from more than a hundred Fortune 500 companies fled NYC for the state’s leafy suburban campuses—including IBM, Xerox, and PepsiCo—according Aaron M. Renn, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute.

— derek thompson, The Atlantic, "What on Earth Is Wrong With Connecticut?," 5 July 2017
The standard varieties are made from napa cabbage or large Korean radish, but there are lots of other types, including kimchi made from cucumber, onions and leafy greens.

— anna fifield, Washington Post, "To promote kimchi abroad, Korean scientists are trying to get rid of the smell," 22 June 2017
In a leafy Detroit suburb last March, federal authorities raided a one-story brick house.

— alvaro m. bedoya, The Atlantic, "Deportation Is Going High-Tech Under Trump," 21 June 2017

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