Definition of "leaf-bearing" [leaf-bearing]

• In zoology:
• Bearing leaves—that is, carrying leaves about in the mouth: as, the leaf-bearing ants.
• Having leaf-like or foliaceous appendages of the body: as, the leaf-bearing worms. See Phyllodocidæ.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Like leaf-bearing trees, they shed their leaves annually and grow new branches, increasing their crown every year."
• "Sometimes these crystals are coarser and less needle-like, as in Fig.K. Fig. C shows a transverse section through the leaf-bearing portion of the rhizome (at a), and is rather irregular on account of the fibrovascular bundles diverging into the base of the leaves of flower-stalks."
• "It is of uniform thickness, except near the leaf-bearing ends, which are thicker marked with numerous leafscars, or bare buds covered with scales, and often having attached the tattered remains of former leaves."