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What is "heart-leaf"

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heart-leaf

n. (alternative spelling of heartleaf English)

WordNet
heart-leaf

  1. n. wild ginger having persistent heart-shaped pungent leaves; West Virginia to Alabama [syn: heartleaf, Asarum shuttleworthii]

  2. evergreen low-growing perennial having mottled green and silvery-gray heart-shaped pungent leaves; Virginia to South Carolina [syn: heartleaf, Asarum virginicum]

Usage examples of "heart-leaf".

Side by side, two buds have been tossing jauntily in the breeze, often brought very near to each other, sometimes touching for a moment, with a secret thrill in their close-folded heart-leaves, it may be, but still the cool green sepals shutting tight over the burning secret within.