Sentence examples for leaves rather than from inspiring English sources

There are four different pelargoniums, all grown for their scented leaves, rather than their flowers.

Yucca and Agave species, from the order Liliales, often are confused with cacti, but they are distinguished readily by succulence of the leaves rather than the stem.

To her surprise, most students tested in a national field trial lunged for the answer she considered most transparently erroneous: "By using tea leaves rather than tea bags".

If you already have some, though, pinch the flowers off to send energy into roots and leaves rather than into premature fruit production.

It was the size of a cat, ate leaves rather than grass and counts as a horse only in scientific classification.

Native to the western and central Mediterranean, the artichoke was domesticated and carried to the eastern Mediterranean in ancient times, though it was then valued for its young leaves rather than the immature flower heads.

Some left, rather than wait to be pushed out.

The pair left rather than watch Trump's speech.

Workplace culture encourages people to leave rather than report problems".

Some staff writers and editors have said that they will leave rather than work with Goreslavsky.

But many prefer to leave rather than go through a long and painful immigration process.