leaf (usually green and flat organ that is the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants); petal (often brightly coloured component of the corolla of a flower); blade (narrow leaf of a grass or cereal); pad (floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant); sheet, leaf (piece of paper, usually rectangular)
Synonyms: foja, folio
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰolh₃yom? Proto-Indo-European *dʰelh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *dʰolh₁yom? Proto-Italic *foljom Classical Latin folium Late Latin folia Old Spanish foja Spanish hoja Inherited from Old Spanish foja, from Late Latin folia, the plural of Classical Latin folium (“leaf”) reinterpreted as a feminine singular noun. Doublet of folio, borrowed from Latin. Cognate with English foil and French feuille (“sheet, leaf”).