See Also: leaflet(medicine)
leaflet(dictionary)
bi-leaflet valve(medicine)
leaflet 1, noun(dictionary)
leaflet 2, verb(dictionary)

leaflet (iou)



leaflet noun & verb. L18.
[from LEAF noun1 + -LET.]
A. noun.
a. Botany. A sepal. L18-M19.
b. Botany. Each of the divisions of a compound leaf. E19.
A. T. Thomson The leaves are..pinnate, with a terminal leaflet a little larger than the rest.
c. popularly. A young leaf. Also (rare), a petal. M19.
Anatomy & Zoology. An organ or part resembling a thin leaf or sheet; spec. the thin flap of a valve in the heart or a blood-vessel. E19.
A small sheet of paper or a sheet folded into two or more leaves but not stitched, containing printed matter (often advertisements), usu. distributed free of charge. M19.
Which? BAR publish a leaflet on their arbitration scheme.
Comb.: leaflet raid a raid in which leaflets are dropped from an aircraft.
b. verb intrans. & trans. Distribute printed leaflets to (a community, neighbourhood, etc.). M20.
leafle'teer noun (freq. derog.) a writer or distributor of leaflets L19.