as in lush
covered with a thick, healthy natural growth
the backyard's leafy bushes look nice, but have a tendency to attract deer
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Recent Examples of leafy
Southwest Fort Worth Southwest Fort Worth is the older, leafier side of the family-school equation.
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Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 May 2026
But not all vegetables behave the same way in the body, and starchy ones need to be approached differently than leafy or non-starchy options.
—Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 28 May 2026
About 75% of the nation's lettuce and leafy greens are grown in California, according to the state's Department of Food and Agriculture.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 28 May 2026
Nitrate-rich vegetables like leafy greens and beets support nitric oxide production which dilates blood vessels.
—Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 28 May 2026
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Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 May 2026
But not all vegetables behave the same way in the body, and starchy ones need to be approached differently than leafy or non-starchy options.
—Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 28 May 2026
About 75% of the nation's lettuce and leafy greens are grown in California, according to the state's Department of Food and Agriculture.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 28 May 2026
Nitrate-rich vegetables like leafy greens and beets support nitric oxide production which dilates blood vessels.
—Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 28 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leafy
Adjective
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The dining room feels more summery—its wall of glass doors open directly onto the lush green courtyard.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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At the sentence level, its craftsmanship sings; her prose is as lush and imbued with the miraculous as it is lived-in and inviting.—
Rachel Vorona Cote,
Vulture,
2 June 2026
Adjective
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CoCo Rum, the pool bar, is where most guests congregate, either on the XL green and teal striped daybeds or on one of the high-back armchairs that line the bar behind.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 June 2026
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That famous summer, at the fireworks in Versailles, every streaking green flame shook a sheet of light across the crowd sitting on blankets on the lawns.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
Adjective
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My grown kids still act like kids — selfish and insensitive.—
Ticked Off,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 May 2026
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In a story this complicated, where everyone from a little girl to a grown man from Boston is begging for their humanity, even Howard Stevens deserves some, too.—
Lyz Lenz,
Rolling Stone,
28 May 2026
Adjective
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Set in a quiet residential neighborhood, this intimate beachfront property (whose name mixes the owners’ first initials with the Dutch word for oasis) uses dense, vibrant landscaping and shutters and stone walls between guest rooms to create a cocooning feeling of privacy.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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The installation, Unheimlich Manöver, 2007, consists of the entire contents of Liden’s former three-hundred-square-foot apartment in Stockholm, organized into a dense rectilinear mass as if placed in storage.—
Erika Landström,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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“Leafy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leafy. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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