Assertion: conifer's leaf | /r/HasProperty | scale-like
Facets:
value: often
type: DEGREE
value: in cone-bearing trees
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Leaves are usually needle-like or scale-like, but there are a few with more strap shaped leaves.
text: The leaves are spreading and awl-shaped on young shoots but are characteristically small, scalelike, and appressed to the branch on older branchlets.
text: The leaves are scale-like 1–10 mm long, except young seedlings in their first year, which have needle-like leaves.
text: The leaves are thick, tough, and scale-like, triangular, 3–4 cm (1.2–1.6 in)
text: the leaves on mature plants are (mostly) tiny (2–4 mm (0.079–0.157 in)), overlapping, and scale-like.
text: The leaves of evergreens usually are thicker and more leathery than those of deciduous trees (those that shed their leaves in autumn or in the tropical dry season) and often are needlelike or scalelike in cone-bearing trees.