Cutting and Leaf

Cutting

Cutting noun - A piece that has been separated from the whole by cutting.

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Leaf and cutting are semantically related in limb topic. In some cases you can use "Leaf" instead a noun "Cutting".

Nearby Words: cut, cutter

Leaf noun - The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants.

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Cutting and leaf are semantically related in limb topic. Sometimes you can use "Cutting" instead a noun "Leaf".

Nearby Words: leaflet, leafy, leafed, leafless, leafing

old	old cutting	old leaf
full	full cutting	full leaf
small	small cutting	small leaf
large	large cutting	large leaf
Other adjectives: huge, little, bad, giant.

The Lion King came oh-so-close to avoiding this trope... if only it wasn't for those leaf-cutting ants and anteaters, native to South America. Whoops.

Source: Misplaced Wildlife
Misplaced Wildlife: American leaf-cutting ants in the Congo (the scene was filmed in Costa Rica).

Source: Film / Congo
In the short tale by Kenneth Lans, "A 'Rounders' Story about the 'Green Cheese' Moon", the story revolves around the green cheese made by giant spiders which is transported to the moon by leaf-cutting ants.

Source: Cheesy Moon

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