Leaf (disambiguation)
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Leaf
is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis.
Leaf may also refer to:
Leaf
A leaf is an organ of a vascular plant, as defined in botanical terms, and in particular in plant morphology. Foliage is a mass noun that refers to leaves as a feature of plants....
is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis.
Leaf may also refer to:
Various
- Leaf (books), a single sheet, the left-hand page of which is the verso, and right-hand page is the recto
- Metal leafMetal leafMetal leaf, also called composition leaf or schlagmetal, is a thin foil used for decoration. Metal leaf can come in many different shades. Some metal leaf may look like gold leaf but not contain any real gold...
, a thin metal foil such as gold leaf - Leaf springLeaf springOriginally called laminated or carriage spring, a leaf spring is a simple form of spring, commonly used for the suspension in wheeled vehicles...
, a common type of vehicle suspension - Leaf RiverLeaf River-United States:*Leaf River *Leaf River *Leaf River -Townships:*Leaf River Township, Illinois*Leaf River Township, Wadena County, Minnesota...
, the name of several rivers in North America - Nissan LeafNissan LeafNissan introduced its first battery electric vehicle, the Nissan Altra at the Los Angeles International Auto Show on 29 December 1997. The Altra EV was produced between 1998 and 2002, only about 200 vehicles were ever produced, and it was mainly used as a fleet vehicle for companies such as...
, an electric car produced by Nissan
People
- Treeleaf (b. 1988), American variety of leaf from a tree; specializes in dogs.
- Brady Leaf (b. 1984), American football player
- Caroline LeafCaroline LeafCaroline Leaf is a Canadian-American filmmaker and animator.Leaf made her first film, Sand, or Peter and the Wolf, in 1968 at Harvard University. The short was made by dumping sand on a light box and manipulating the textures frame-by-frame.Her second film, Orfeo , had her painting directly on...
(b. 1946), American filmmaker - Dr. Caroline Leaf (b. 1963), South African brain and learning specialist
- Daniel P. LeafDaniel P. LeafLieutenant General, USAF, Retired, Daniel P. Leaf was Deputy Commander and Acting Commander, U.S. Pacific Command, Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii. He is currently working as the Vice President for Full Spectrum Initiatives in the Northrop Grumman Information Systems Defense Systems Division. He is a...
, Lieutenant General in the U.S. Air Force - Henry LeafHenry LeafHenry Meredith Leaf was a British rackets player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He won the silver medal in the men's singles event. In the men's doubles competition he won the bronze medal together with Evan Noel.-External links:*...
(1862-1931), 1908 Olympic silver medalist in rackets - Jonathan LeafJonathan LeafJonathan Leaf is a playwright and journalist based out of New York City. He is the writer of the off-Broadway play The Caterers, which was nominated for Best Full-Length Original Script of 2005-2006 in the Innovative Theater Awards....
, playwright and journalist - Richard LeafRichard LeafRichard Leaf is a British actor.He has had several small parts in television and stage productions. Leaf is married to actress Tamsin Greig, star of Black Books, Green Wing and Love Soup. The actor is notable for his role as the Governor of York, nephew of King Edward I in Mel Gibson's Braveheart...
(b. 1967), British actor - Robert LeafRobert LeafRobert Daniel Leaf , was an American composer.Robert Daniel Leaf was born and raised in Lindsborg, Kansas...
(1936-2005), American composer - Ryan LeafRyan LeafRyan David Leaf is a former American football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League for four seasons...
(b. 1976), a former American football player - Shaun Leaf (b. 1984), English rugby league player
- Walter LeafWalter LeafWalter Leaf was an English banker and scholar.Walter Leaf was born at on 26 November 1852 and educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1877 he entered the family firm, becoming in 1888 chairman of Leaf & Company Ltd. Later he became chairman of the Westminster Bank...
(1852-1927), English banker, Classical scholar, and commentator on the Iliad and Odyssey - Pine LeafPine LeafPine Leaf was a woman and chief of the Crow tribe who counted coup in the 1830s. She is described in the autobiography of James Beckwourth as well as in Edwin T. Denig's chronicle on the tribes of the upper Missouri River....
, female chief of the Crow tribe
Fictional characters
- Leaf, a supporting character in The Keys to the KingdomThe Keys to the KingdomThe Keys to the Kingdom is a fantasy–adventure book series written by Garth Nix, published in seven books between 2003 and 2010. The series chronicles the adventures of Arthur Penhaligon, an asthmatic 12-year-old boy who is chosen to become the Rightful Heir of the House, the epicenter of the...
book series - Leaf, a rock star Elf from the MySimsMySimsMySims, formerly The Sims Wii and Nintendo Sims, is a video game developed by EA Redwood Shores and published by Electronic Arts as a spinoff to Maxis' The Sims franchise for the Nintendo DS and Wii in 2007, then re-released for Microsoft Windows and Mobile phone in 2008.It is the first game in the...
video game series - Leaf, the female player character of the Pokemon games Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreenPokémon FireRed and LeafGreenare enhanced remakes of the original Pokémon Red and Blue video games, which were released in 1996. The new titles were developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance and have compatibility with the Game Boy Advance Wireless Adapter, which originally came bundled with...
Organisations
- Lake Eden Arts FestivalLake Eden Arts FestivalLake Eden Arts Festival is a non-profit organization established to build community and enrich lives through the arts, locally and globally, through festivals, events, mentoring, and educational programs....
(LEAF), a biannual music and dance festival in Black Mountain, NC - Leaf (Israeli company), an Israel-based photography company
- Leaf (Japanese company), a Japanese visual novel studio
- Leaf International, a Dutch-Swedish (originally U.S.) trading card company
- Women's Legal Education and Action FundWomen's Legal Education and Action FundWomen's Legal Education and Action Fund, referred to by the acronym LEAF, is a Canadian legal organization that performs legal research and intervenes in appellate and Supreme Court of Canada cases on women's issues...
(LEAF), a Canadian women's legal advocacy group - Leaf BooksLeaf BooksLeaf Books is a small independent publishing house based in South Wales. It specialises in the publication of short fiction, micro-fiction and poetry by both new and established authors. Since its inception in 2006, the company has put over 200 authors into print...
, a small Wales-based publisher - The Leaf LabelThe Leaf LabelThe Leaf Label is an independent record label based in Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Initially known as an electronic music label, releasing mainly instrumental music, the company's approach has broadened over the last few years and now features an eclectic range of artists, with a focus on strong...
, a record label - Linking and Exploring Authority Files (LEAF), an EU project relating to Encoded Archival ContextEncoded Archival ContextEncoded Archival Context is an XML standard for encoding information about the creators of archival materials and the circumstances of record creation and use...
funded between 2001 and 2004 - Linking Environment And Farming (LEAF), an international charity promoting sustainable agriculture.
Bands
- Leaves (Icelandic band), a five-piece alternative rock band who formed in 2001
- The LeavesThe LeavesThe Leaves were an American garage band formed in California in 1963. They are best known for their version of the song "Hey Joe", which was a hit in 1966. Theirs is the earliest release of this song, which became a rock standard.-History:...
, a 1960s American garage band - Leaf (Dutch band)Leaf (Dutch band)Leaf was a Dutch band from Utrecht, the Netherlands. Their first single, Wonderwoman was released in October 2007.Leaf was founded in 2005 by a group of students from the Rockacademie. The band plays acoustic pop songs and had quite a bit of success at the Dutch Popronde 2006...
, a pop band formed in 2005 - Local Enhancement and Appreciation of Forests (LEAF), an environmental organization based in Toronto, Ontario
Science
- Leaf node, part of a tree data structure in computer science
- Leaf object, an object represented by an end node in a tree structure
- LEAF ProjectLEAF ProjectThe LEAF Project is a collection of Linux distributions that began as a fork from the the Linux Router Project "linux-on-a-floppy" distribution...
, a collection of Linux distributions dedicated to routing - The Leaf (AI) ProjectThe Leaf (AI) ProjectThe Leaf Project is a group robot development program whose objective is to develop a robot platform that supports experiments with artificial intelligence, vision, navigation, etc.Leaf was created by Bruce Weimer, Alex Brown and Robin Hewitt...
, a group robot development program involved with artificial intelligence - A foliationFoliationIn mathematics, a foliation is a geometric device used to study manifolds, consisting of an integrable subbundle of the tangent bundle. A foliation looks locally like a decomposition of the manifold as a union of parallel submanifolds of smaller dimension....
of a manifold is a decomposition of the manifold into a union of submanifolds called leaves - A leaf vertexVertex (graph theory)In graph theory, a vertex or node is the fundamental unit out of which graphs are formed: an undirected graph consists of a set of vertices and a set of edges , while a directed graph consists of a set of vertices and a set of arcs...
in graph theory, of degree 1 in a graph-theoretic tree