English Explanatory Dictionary

flag leaf

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The last leaf to emerge in a cereal plant during its growth; the flag leaf provides majority of the leaf area of the plant and is used as one indicator of its growth stage.

Word forms

flag leaf flag leaves

Related words

Cereal growth staging scales on Wikipedia..

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