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Infested leave
* are favorable habitats for invading bacterial and fungal plant pathogens
  - more susceptible to wind damage and possibly plant pathogen infection
  - often shiny and sticky
* curl up and become deformed.
* develop yellowish blotches and are smaller than uninfected leaves.
* have small swellings of yellowish tissue.

Intermittent leave
* is an employee's use of leave on an interrupted basis
  - the use of leave hours on a recurring basis
* leave taken at different times as opposed to all at once.

Large leave
* Most large leaves help plants.
* Some large leaves grow from bases.
* allow the kelp to receive sunlight over a large surface area.

Lower leave
* are usually the first to become infected followed by middle and upper leaves.
* die and decompose.

Mango leave
* appear reddish or purplish when newly grown.
* help normalise insulin levels in the blood preventing diabetes.

Maple leave
* adopt their brilliant reds, yellows and oranges.
* are high in calcium and potassium, and tend to break down easily
  - three-lobed with long stalks
* burn very easily.
* make the brightest colors.

Mature leave
* Most mature leaves contain cellulose
  - have cuticles
* Some mature leaves carry toxins.
* decay rapidly during the cool season.

New leave
* appear before old leaves fall, and keep growing for some weeks during the rainy season
  - on a tree in spring
* arise in terminal growth flushes that occur several times a year.
* exhibit the coloring, which fades to green on age.
* grow in the center of the plant.
* require the plant to absorb increasing amounts of moisture.

Older leave
* die and fall as the tree grows.
* turn brown, and dead areas occur along the leaf veins.

Olive leave
* are the Christian symbol of peace.
* contain protease inhibitors which basically inactivate viruses.

Parental leave
* is paid by the state at a flat-rate equivalent to unemployment benefit.
* new right to take time off work to care for a child.
* right new parents have under the Employment Standards Act.

Plant leave
* Most plant leaves absorb energy.
* Some plant leaves are modified into spine to prevent transpiration.
* are a source of the drug digitalis and are highly poisonous
  - usually low in nitrate
  - weak electrets because they are coated with wax
* tend to be potential areas of water loss.

Rosemary leave
* are easy to dry.
* have a tealike fragrance and a pungent, slightly bitter taste.
* make an excellent seasoning for meats and salads.

Sabbatical
* are an aspect of the post-secondary teaching process
  - the institution's investment in the future
* can be instrumental in helping ministering persons grow personally.
* improve employee skills, productivity, morale, and loyalty.
* includes all costs of salaries and benefits related to providing teacher sabbaticals.

Sick leave
* are leaves.
* has a great impact on short-term disability.
* is an award entitlement
  - designed to provide employees with protection against loss of wages due to illness
  - earned during leave with pay
  - provided as a type of insurance protection in time of illness
* privilege to be extended to the employee in case of illness or accident only.

Simple leave
* are all one leaf like an elm or pin oak.
* contain only one lamina while compound leaves contain many lamina.

Single leave
* Some single leaves grow flowers.
* can reach a foot or more in length and are marked with red tentacles.

Small leave
* grow around the stalk of the leaf cutting.
* help the plants retain moisture.
* reduce the effects of solar radiation and water loss.

Tea leave
* act as an insecticide in the soil.
* are boiled up with sweetened condensed milk in large vessels.
* contain much tannin
  - very high amounts
* exposed to oxygen for up to three hours become black tea.
* vary tremendously in quality due to many factors.

Variegated leave
* give a striped appearance.
* turn entirely green.