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Plant Leaves

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Definition: Expanded structures, usually green, of vascular plants, characteristically consisting of a bladelike expansion attached to a stem, and functioning as the principal organ of photosynthesis and transpiration. (American Heritage Dictionary, 2d ed)  part of a plant shoot; IM GEN or unspecified; coord probably IM in genetics & space physiol, NIM in pharmacognosy, with specific plant (IM or NIM)   
Examples Mesophyll Cells; Plant Stomata; Plant Vascular Bundle; Pulvinus 		Other names Plant Leave; Leaves, Plant; Leave, Plant; Leaf, Plant; Plant Leaf

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