### plant part | leaf:

Clover leaf
* Clover leaves refer to the agriculture.
* refers to closeness with nature.

Dandelion green
* Dandelion Greens are nutrient rich vegetables that cleanse the body.
* are a great addition to make sauces or dips
  - an excellent source of vitamin A, iron and calcium
  - extremely important for jack rabbits
  - well-loved by guinea pigs
* can be sauteed, boiled and eaten raw
  - too bitter for some people's taste
* have a bitter taste and are very cleansing.
* is green.

Dead leaf
* Dead leaves are an important source of energy for river ecosystems.
* Dead leaves fall from trees
  - to the ground, which helps to control brown spot fungus
  - make good mulches in flower beds or among vegetables as do wood chips
* are located in forests
  - piles

Fall leaf
* Fall leaves are the perfect fuel for fires, since they are generally dry and crisp
  - can also help keep weeds away
* are located in lawns
  - streets

### plant part | leaf:

Flower petal
* Most flower petals fall off plants
  - stay on plants
* Some flower petals attract insects
  - pollinate insects
  - expose pollen
  - look like human faces
  - reflect ultraviolet light in startling patterns
* are a substitute for saffron
  - very important part of flowers
  - edible and a fine addition to soups, potages, salads, or as a garnish
* coat the forest floor.
* have black dots on their margins.
* possess an above average frost resistance.
* reduce the fitness of male sterile dandelion plants.

Green leaf
* Green leaves are green.
* Green leaves contain chlorophyll, which is essential for photosynthesis and plant growth
* Green leaves have bitter taste
  - sweet taste
  - signify abundance, good health, and happiness
  - surround flowers
* Green leaves turn color
  - deep rust color
  - red in fall, green up again in spring
* is popular fodder, particularly in rainy seasons for goats.

Greenery
* Greeneries are leafs.
* also helps mitigate the polluted storm runoff that plagues area streams.
* is filled with flowers
  - needed for photosynthesis
  - plentiful with native and ornamental trees and shrubbery
  - thought to promote creativity
* part of our national identity.

Infect leaf
* Infect leaves drop from trees
* Infect leaves have pale spots
  - yellow spots

Infected leaf
* Infected leaves curl upward and soon become covered with a powdery coating of spores
  - drop early, leaving a sparse tree well into fall
* Infected leaves have a water-soaked appearance
  - an upright habit of growth and the veins turn yellow and begin to clear
* Infected leaves turn brown along the leaf margin or tip
  - gray and eventually wither and fall from the tree

Longer leaf
* blades protect roots from the sun and help retain moisture.
* blades shade roots and help retain moisture
  - the soil and help retain moisture

Mature leaf
* Mature leaves contain cellulose.
* Mature leaves have cuticles
  - thick cuticles

Microsporophyll
* bear two to eight microsporangia.
* erupt between two bracts when sporangia mature.

Sporophyll
* Some sporophylls are arranged in cone structures called strobili.
* are leaves that bear sporangia
  - specialized leaves that produce sporangia
* bear an adaxial, elliptical sporangium
* vary greatly in structure.