WordNet
leaf cast
n. a disease of conifers causing the needles to fall [syn: needle blight, needle cast]
Usage examples of "leaf cast".
As the Dog Lord opened the cell door and entered the world waiting on the other side, Raif felt himself shrink and wither like a dead leaf cast from a tree.
Pure white outside, inside gold leaf cast down the light of a thousand hanging lamps.
As Conan watched, the smooth beauty of the witch's back and buttocks and legs shriveled, as quick as a dry leaf cast into a hot fire.