Usually means: Protective, small, non-photosynthetic plant structure.
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  2. scale leaf: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
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Definitions from Wiktionary (scale leaf)

noun:  (botany) A small flat leaf resembling a scale, such as on many conifers.
noun:  (botany) A small modified leaf, especially a colorless membranous one, such as on a rhizome or forming part of a bulb.

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