See the stately trees there, standing row on row,-- Fresh, green leaves show!
Among the foreign ants we may mention a small yellow ant of South America, described by Dampier, which seems, from his account, to construct a nest of green leaves.
The texture is so strong that it is not easily torn; and the interior contained a quantity of green leaves, to support the numerous progeny within.
Alopecurus pratensis has narrower and less grey-green leaves than Phleum pratense, its ligule is shorter and blunter, its sheath more grooved and dark below, and the ridges more distinct and flat.
A beautiful and graceful conifer, its arched branches being thickly set with long grey-coloured or whitish-green leaves.
This shrub is an evergreen, and is generally given stove culture, though it proves quite hardy in the open, where its large deep-green leaves acquire a beauty surpassing those grown indoors.
An Egyptian water-plant of very great beauty, with round sea-green leaves from 10 ins.
A valuable species, quite distinct from any of the others, with undivided, fleshy, dark-green leaves.
A Japanese species of vigorous growth, with robust green stems and bright-green leaves, polished above and slightly mealy beneath, the ligule bearing a little bundle of brownish-grey hairs at the top.
In the moonlight there stood tall and straight a column of green leaves: it was the stately Lombardy poplar, which was spared by the hatchet, because Marca was, so far as it understood anything, loyal in its regret for the days that were gone.
A thick grove of olives, with their gnarled and spreading branches and dark-green leaves, stretched rearward, forming a background to the picture.
A golden sunlight was pouring down upon broad, green leaves, where the palms grew wildly.
In the fountain appeared the tall form of a flamingo, his scarlet colour contrasting with the green leaves of the water-lily.
An instrument containing a combination of colored glasses such that they transmit only red light, so that objects of other colors, as green leaves, appear black when seen through it.
The long, pointed, rich-green leaves are in whorls of five or six below, more scattered towards the top of the stalk.
The bluish-green leaves, folded lengthwise and withering before the flower, are sometimes a foot long and the flower-stalk often reaches a height of two feet and bends beneath the weight of its lovely crown of blossoms.
One of the most beautiful colour contrasts in Nature is found in the rich black of the Olive, with its background of shining white twigs and silver-green leaves.
The great round yellow-green fruit and finely divided bright green leaves may be seen lying on the sand.
Then he did find one, and coming out of it were two tiny pale-green leaves, and a thread of white rootlet that had started downward.
Then they went down into the strawberry-patch where the big red berries were ripening on the broad, green leaves.
The pretty white fingers looked so fair, contrasted with the crimson fruit and green leaves.
Imagine a Number of Nasturtiums, with no green leaves to relieve them, packed tightly into the neck of a brightly colored porcelain vase, and set primly on a stiff mantel-piece amid other prim ornaments.
Perhaps the little rose girl would like A Garden of her own, enclosed by a fence made of green leaves, thorns, short slender sticks and a pliable rose stem.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "green leaves" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
