Underleaf

[UNDER-¹ 5 b.]

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1. A variety of cider-apple. Also attrib.

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1707. Mortimer, Husb., 540. The Underleaf … is a very plentiful bearer, hath a Rhenish Wine flavour. Ibid., 575. The best sorts for Cyder are found to be … the Olive Underleaf Apple [etc.].

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1786. Abercrombie, Arrangem., p. xi., in Gard. Assist. Apples valued principally for Cyder … [include] Underleaf.

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2. The under surface of a leaf.

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1873. Tristram, Moab, xviii. 353. The charm of the silvery [poplar] underleaf twinkling in the breeze.

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