From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
2. (Bot.) One of the divisions of a compound leaf; a foliole.
3. (Zo["o]l.) A leaflike organ or part; as, a leaflet of the gills of fishes.
4. A printed sheet of paper, of one page, or one sheet folded over, containing an advertisement, tract, or other notice, and usually distributed for free or included in the package with a purchased item. [PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a thin triangular flap of a heart valve [syn: {cusp}]
3: a small book usually having a paper cover [syn: {booklet}, {brochure}, {folder}, {pamphlet}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
41 Moby Thesaurus words for "leaflet": advert, advertisement, bill, blade, booklet, bract, bracteole, bractlet, brochure, chapbook, circular, comic book, cotyledon, flag, flier, floral leaf, flyer, folder, foliole, frond, glume, handbill, involucre, involucrum, lamina, leaf, lemma, ligule, needle, pamphlet, petal, pile, pine needle, seed leaf, sepal, spathe, spear, spire, stipula, stipule, tract
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