How many syllables in leaf?

There is 1 syllable in the word leaf.

How to pronounce leaf:

leaf (noun):: one of the flat usually green blades attached to the stem of a plant; the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants.; a modified leaf (such as a bract or sepal) primarily engaged in functions other than food manufacture; a lateral (see lateral entry 1 sense 2) outgrowth from a plant stem that is typically a flattened expanded variably shaped greenish organ, constitutes a unit of the foliage, and functions primarily in food manufacture by photosynthesis

amplexicaul leaf

blade

bract

cataphyll

compound leaf

cotyledon

crenate leaf

dandelion green

dentate leaf

emarginate leaf

entire leaf

erose leaf

fig leaf

flag

floral leaf

foliage

folio

foliole

frond

greenery

leaf blade

leaf shape

leafage

leaflet

lobe

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inside

middle

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