A few days ago
Anonymous

Is there a noun for a fallen leaf?

A girl at work was composing a poem and wanted a one word description for a solitary fallen leaf…

Stumped us all

Anyone out there know the answer to this?

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A few days ago
indraraj22

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There is no such perfect word in English to get the exact image of fallen leaf….however in American usage the process of falling of leaves in autumn described as “fall-foliage”. May be it comes near to your requirement. There is a famous poem from John Keats “To Autumn” brilliantly giving the season’s beauty in Autumn, but even there is no perfect one word for this process of falling of leaf.
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A few days ago
Rich Z
There doesn’t seem to be a unique noun for that idea. Maybe a hyphenated “adjective-noun” pair would do it. Maybe “dying-leaf” or “mouldering-leaf” could work.
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A few days ago
picador
Crackling.
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A few days ago
Bonnie
There is no name. Thats a good question.
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A few days ago
kennilope
dying

how about rebirth?

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A few days ago
blueskys
a new word……leaflit
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