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Leaf

A leaf (pl.

Characters, General characteristics & Morphology

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General characteristics

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Morphology

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Ecology

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Evolutionary adaptation

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General characteristics

Morphology

Anatomy

Leaf development

Ecology

Evolutionary adaptation

Terminology

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Leaf

Nodes353
Edges352
Triples188
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.005666
Components1

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Leaf

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related to Evolutionary adaptation · 24
Leaf → Araceae, Aromatic, Asteraceae, Bracts, Bulbs, C4, CAM, Dendrocnide, Divided, Fenestraria, Hairs, In, Inclusions, Kranz, Large, Petals, See Lotus, Special, Spines, Stinging
related to General characteristics · 11
Leaf → CO2, For, Functionally, Green, Leaves, Once, The, They, Typically, Vascular, Within
related to Interactions with other organisms · 11
Leaf → Although, Animals, Attelabidae, Females, For, Hesperiidae, Other, Reptiles, Several, Some, The
related to Morphology · 11
Leaf → Apiaceae, Between, It, Magnoliaceae, Moraceae, Not, Poaceae, Pseudopetioles, Stipules, Structures, The
related to Characteristics of the petiole · 10
Leaf → Acacia, Eupatorium, In, Leaves, Sessile, Stipules, Subpetiolate, The, There, When
related to External links · 9
Leaf → Alfred Barton, Encyclopedia Americana, Encyclopædia Britannica, Ernest, Ingersoll, Leaves, Rendle, Vol, XVII
related to Leaf development · 9
Leaf → According, Agnes Arber's, Baum, Compound, Developmental, Early, Eckardt, Many, On
related to Biomechanics · 8
Leaf → Both, However, In, Leaves, Overall, Plants, Strong, Thus
related to Veins · 8
Leaf → Each, In, The, These, They, This, Veins, Within
related to Divisions of the blade · 6
Leaf → Because, Compound, Fabaceae, However, The, Two

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leaves veins plants may cells called plant stem photosynthesis petiole water venation vascular species mesophyll many also form vein epidermis

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Leafis aintegral part of the stem system0.90text
Leafis aprincipal site of transpiration0.90text
Leafis avital source of energy production for the plant0.90text
proteins or celluloseinstance offurther processed by chemical synthesis into more complex organic molecules0.80text
the basic structural material in plant cell wallsinstance offurther processed by chemical synthesis into more complex organic molecules0.80text
or metabolized by cellular respiration to provide chemical energy to run cellular processesinstance offurther processed by chemical synthesis into more complex organic molecules0.80text
the shootsinstance ofit needs to be transported to areas of active growth0.80text
rootsinstance ofit needs to be transported to areas of active growth0.80text
Haworthia tesselatainstance ofSome window plants such as Fenestraria species and some Haworthia species0.80text
Haworthia truncata are examples of xerophytes.Leaves function to store chemical energyinstance ofSome window plants such as Fenestraria species and some Haworthia species0.80text
waterinstance ofSome window plants such as Fenestraria species and some Haworthia species0.80text
grazing animalsinstance ofbut also to other factors0.80text

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