English Dictionary

scale leaf

名詞

(botany) A small flat leaf resembling a scale, such as on many conifers. / (botany) A small modified leaf, especially a colorless membranous one, such as on a rhizome or forming part of a bulb.

日本語の意味

植物学における「scale leaf」：多くの針葉樹などに見られる、鱗のように平たく小さい葉を指す。 / 植物学における「scale leaf」：変形した小葉で、特に色素を持たない膜状のもので、地下茎や球根の一部として形成される。

The botanist examined the tiny scale leaf on the young cedar branch under a microscope.

植物学者は若い杉の枝に付いた小さな鱗片状の葉を顕微鏡で調べた。

意味（1）

(botany) A small flat leaf resembling a scale, such as on many conifers.

An individual flower that is subtended by a scale leaf at its junction with the stem of a plant; a rudimentary leaf.

意味（2）

(botany) A small modified leaf, especially a colorless membranous one, such as on a rhizome or forming part of a bulb.

scale leaves （ plural ）