leggy plant

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• leggy — leg|gy [ˈlegi] adj 1.) a woman or child who is leggy has long legs ▪ a leggy fifteen year old blonde 2.) a leggy plant has grown too tall very quickly and its stem cannot support its weight very well …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• leggy — ► ADJECTIVE (leggier, leggiest) 1) long legged. 2) (of a plant) having a long and straggly stem or stems …   English terms dictionary

• plant life — noun (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion • Syn: ↑plant, ↑flora • Derivationally related forms: ↑floral (for: ↑flora), ↑plantal ( …   Useful english dictionary

• leggy — adjective (leggier; est) Date: 1787 1. having disproportionately long legs 2. having long and attractive legs 3. spindly used of a plant • legginess noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• leggy — adjective (leggier, leggiest) 1》 long legged.     ↘(of a woman) having attractively long legs. 2》 (of a plant) having a long and straggly stem or stems. Derivatives legginess noun …   English new terms dictionary

• leggy —   Colloquial for a plant growing tall and spindly, usually from inadequate sunlight; etiolated …   Expanded glossary of Cycad terms

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• Banksia ericifolia — taxobox name = Heath leaved Banksia image caption = Banksia ericifolia , cultivated at Colac, Victoria regnum = Plantae unranked divisio = Angiosperms unranked classis = Eudicots ordo = Proteales familia = Proteaceae genus = Banksia species = B.… …   Wikipedia

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• Hydrangea — Taxobox name = Hydrangea image width = 240px image caption = Hydrangea macrophylla regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Cornales familia = Hydrangeaceae genus = Hydrangea genus authority = L. subdivision ranks …   Wikipedia