Assertion: onion's leaf | /r/CapableOf | disappear by the time
Facets:
value: all but
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: The leaves of many species have all but disappeared by the time the flowers bloom, so a companion plant is an aesthetic necessity to cloak the bases of the naked stems.
text: The thin leaves of blue garlic (A. caeruleum) have all but disappeared by the time it comes into bloom in early summer.