ensiform leaf

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   a sword-shaped leaf; as of iris

   Broadersimple leaf

Questions about ensiform leaf

What does ensiform leaf mean?

ensiform leaf means "a sword-shaped leaf; as of iris".

Is ensiform leaf a common word?

ensiform leaf is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.