Meanings
nounautumn leaf (plural autumn leaves)
plural autumn leaves
- One of many leaves that fall from a deciduous tree in autumn.
The "King" responded well to this treatment and would have maintained 60 m.p.h. up the steepest part had it not been for a brief bout of slipping, which was quickly corrected by Driver Bailes ("Autumn leaves", he remarked laconically).
1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Part, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 105
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn Asian nymphalid butterfly, Doleschallia bisaltide.
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Rhymes with autumn leaf
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autumn leaf. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autumn%20leaf
MLA
“autumn leaf.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autumn%20leaf. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autumn leaf,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autumn%20leaf.
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