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
After amending your soil with compost or aged manure before planting, these heavy-feeding plants need an additional side-dressing with a balanced organic fertilizer when their leafy shoots emerge in spring.
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Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2025
The high-ceiling room is adorned with artworks, with three massive leafy baskets hanging in the center.
—Heather Richardson, Travel + Leisure, 6 Sep. 2025
To boost magnesium intake, add beans, legumes, whole grains, leafy greens, and seafood to your diet.
—Merve Ceylan, Health, 4 Sep. 2025
Not necessarily directly at it, but try positioning yourself in front of a colorful, leafy tree with the sun behind it.
—Mike De Sisti, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
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Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2025
The high-ceiling room is adorned with artworks, with three massive leafy baskets hanging in the center.
—Heather Richardson, Travel + Leisure, 6 Sep. 2025
To boost magnesium intake, add beans, legumes, whole grains, leafy greens, and seafood to your diet.
—Merve Ceylan, Health, 4 Sep. 2025
Not necessarily directly at it, but try positioning yourself in front of a colorful, leafy tree with the sun behind it.
—Mike De Sisti, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leafy
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Plant as a complement to flowers or just enjoy a bed or container of lush foliage.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
3 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, the virtuous, near-immortal elves of Lothlórien are depicted living peacefully in a realm of lush flora and elaborate tree-houses.—
Ellen Walker,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Sep. 2025
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Beginning around the mid-19th century, middle-class Americans began to idealize the velvety green grass of European manor houses, according to the Smithsonian Institution.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Fruit Tropical and Asian fruits like durian, lychee, green mangoes and jackfruit can be found in Milwaukee's Burmese shops.—
Sophie Carson,
jsonline.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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A lot of grown men still have broken boys inside of them.—
Will Carless,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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The Father story, for instance, stars longtime Jarmusch favorite Tom Waits as a reclusive dad, living somewhere in the northeast United States, who’s visited by his grown children, played by Adam Driver and Mayim Bialik.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
29 Aug. 2025
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And when that fish, in turn, succumbs to the claws of a bald eagle, its DDT dense meat becomes a poisonous lunch for an oblivious bird.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
3 Sep. 2025
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On top of being a fantastic collectible card game that's always refreshing its mechanics, the dense multiverse-building and sprawling lore, the cards themselves are traditionally gorgeous to look at.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Leafy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leafy. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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