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  1. The #Faroese word for leaf is #leyv.

    #Deciduous #trees are quite numerous on the islands. In 1979, 6000 small #Nothofagus plants were transferred from Tierra del Fuego to #FaroeIslands, making it the biggest population in Europe.

    Another word for leaf is #blað. This one is an interesting one as it also means #sheet, #page, #newspaper, deck of playing cards and (kniie) blade. All of these quite thin and long, somehow resembling the shape of the #leaf...

    #føroyskt #wordoftheday #Spathiphyllum