leggy plants

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• leggy — [leg′ē] adj. leggier, leggiest 1. having long and awkward legs [a leggy colt] 2. Informal having long, well shaped legs [a leggy chorus girl] 3. Informal having long, spindly stems with leaves far apart [leggy plants] legginess n …   English World dictionary

• Leggy — Leg gy (l[e^]g g[y^]), a. 1. having tall spindly stems; of plants. [WordNet sense 1] Syn: tall growing. [WordNet 1.5] 2. Having long legs. [WordNet sense 2] Thackeray. Syn: long legged, long shanked. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• leggy — legginess, n. /leg ee/, adj., leggier, leggiest. 1. having awkwardly long legs. 2. having long, attractively shaped legs: a group of tanned, leggy swimmers. 3. of, pertaining to, or characterized by showing the legs: a leggy stage show. 4. (of… …   Universalium

• leggy — adjective a) having long legs Fred preferred leggy blondes. b) having attractive legs Plants grow leggy if deprived of light …   Wiktionary

• leggy — leg•gy [[t]ˈlɛg i[/t]] adj. gi•er, gi•est 1) having awkwardly long legs 2) having long, attractively shaped legs: leggy dancers[/ex] 3) pertaining to or characterized by the showing of the legs: a leggy stage show[/ex] 4) cvb bot (of plants) long …   From formal English to slang

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• leg|gy — «LEHG ee», adjective, gi|er, gi|est. 1. having long legs: »a leggy, gun totin singer at the Dirty Shame saloon (Time). 2. having awkwardly long legs: »Slapper s long tailed leggy mare (Thacker …   Useful english dictionary

• Banksia spinulosa — Hairpin Banksia Banksia spinulosa var. spinulosa, Georges River National Park Scientific classification Kingd …   Wikipedia

• 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

• Pansy — For other uses of the name, see Pansy (disambiguation). Pansy Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia