curly-leafed

Thân thiện

The gardener waters the curly-leafed lettuce in the vegetable patch.

Definition

1. Adjective: Having leaves that are curly or wavy in form. This describes a plant whose foliage is characterized by curls, waves, or a crimped texture, rather than being flat or straight.

Usage

The adjective "curly-leafed" is used attributively, typically placed before a noun to describe a specific type of plant. It is a compound adjective formed from "curly" and "leafed." * The garden featured several curly-leafed parsley plants. * She prefers the curly-leafed variety of kale for her salads. * A curly-leafed lettuce is sometimes called "frisée."

Advanced Usage

• As a descriptive classifier: In horticulture and gardening, "curly-leafed" can function as a simple classifier to distinguish plant cultivars.
  • The disease primarily affects curly-leafed stonecrops.

Variants and Related Words

• Curly-leaved: An alternative spelling with the same meaning. The "-ed" suffix is sometimes replaced with "-ed" on "leaf" to form "leaved."
  • curly-leaved parsley
• Crispate (adj.): A more technical, botanical term meaning having a wavy or curled margin.
• Undulate (adj.): In botany, describing a leaf margin that is wavy.

Synonyms

• Crisp
• Wavy-leafed
• Frilly-leafed (implies a more delicate, lace-like curl)

Antonyms

• Flat-leafed
• Smooth-leafed
• Straight-leafed

Học thuật

Adjective

1. having curly leaves

Từ đồng nghĩa

• curly-leaved