come into leaf
Frequency: 5.03.2 per million words
When a tree or plant starts to grow its leaves in spring.
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- It was spring and the trees were coming into leaf.
- Every year, the cherry trees come into leaf in early April.
- We eagerly awaited the first signs of spring as the woods began to come into leaf.
- By late March, many of the smaller bushes had already come into leaf.
- The gardener predicted that the rose bushes would come into leaf next week.
- The ancient oak, always the last, slowly comes into leaf.
- Has the sycamore tree come into leaf yet?
- Once the temperature rises consistently, the fruit trees will rapidly come into leaf.
- Despite the cold snap, some plants are starting to come into leaf.
- The entire valley appeared vibrant as all the vegetation came into leaf.