flag leaf

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Noun[edit]

flag leaf (plural flag leaves)

(agricultural, cereals, botany) 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.

Translations[edit]

last leaf to emerge in a cereal

Finnish: lippulehti

See also[edit]

Cereal growth staging scales on Wikipedia.Wikipedia .

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