葉よう身しん

noun

lamina; leaf blade

Botanical term for the flat, expanded part of a leaf.

• 葉よう身しんの形かたちは植しょく物ぶつの種しゅ類るいによって異ことなる。

  The shape of the leaf blade differs depending on the plant species.

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

leaf-like; blade-shaped; foliaceous

Used attributively to describe something shaped like a leaf or blade. Often appears in technical descriptions.

• この化か石せきには葉よう身しん状じょうの構こう造ぞうが見みられる。

  This fossil shows a leaf-like structure.