(adj): having only one part or element
(adj): characterized by extreme and often misleading simplicity
(adj): representing the furthest possible extent of analysis or division into parts
(adj): lacking complexity
(adj): easy and not involved or complicated
(adj): vs. difficult) -- (posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
(adj): prenominal), mere(prenominal), simple(prenominal) -- (apart from anything else; without additions or modifications
(adj): vs. fancy) -- (not elaborate or elaborated; simple
(adj): exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity
(adj): vs. sophisticated), naif -- (marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience
(adj): lacking mental capacity and subtlety
(adj): vs. precocious) -- (relatively slow in mental or emotional or physical development
(adj): vs. compound), unsubdivided -- ((botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions
(adj): narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves
(adj): (of a leaf shape) narrowing to a slender point
(adj): (of a leaf shape) having a short sharply pointed tip
(adj): (of a leaf shape) tapering gradually into a long taillike tip
(adj): (of a leaf) shaped like a heart
(adj): (of a leaf shape) narrowly triangular, wider at the apex and tapering toward the base
(adj): triangular or suggesting a capital delta, with a point at the apex
(adj): having the shape of the head of an ax or cleaver
(adj): (of a leaf shape) in the form of an ellipse
(adj): shaped like a sword blade
(adj): (of a leaf shape) like a spear point, with flaring pointed lobes at the base
(adj): (of a leaf shape) shaped like a lance head; narrow and tapering to a pointed apex
(adj): (of a leaf shape) long and narrow
(adj): (of a leaf shape) having curvature suggestive of a lyre
(adj): of trees whose leaves are acerate
(adj): (of conifers) having two needles
(adj): (of conifers) having three needles
(adj): (of conifers) having four needles
(adj): (of conifers) having five needles
(adj): (of a leaf shape) rounded at the apex
(adj): (of a leaf shape) having a broad rounded apex and a tapering base
(adj): (of a leaf shape) having a somewhat elongated form with approximately parallel sides
(adj): (of a leaf shape) egg-shaped with the narrower end at the base
(adj): circular or nearly circular
(adj): of a leaf shape; egg-shaped with the broader end at the base
(adj): (of a leaf shape) having rounded ends and a contracted center
(adj): (of a leaf shape) round, with the stem attached near the center of the lower surface rather than the margin (as a nasturtium leaf for example)
(adj): (of a leaf) having the base united around (and apparently pierced by) the stem
(adj): (of a leaf or bean shape) resembling the shape of kidney
(adj): (of a leaf shape) like an arrow head without flaring base lobes
(adj): (of a leaf shape) having a broad rounded apex and a narrow base
(adj): without lobes
(adj): unornamented
(adj): vs. fancy) -- (not elaborate or elaborated; simple
(n): any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties
(n): a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
(n): a person lacking intelligence or common sense
(n): a human being
After talking in this manner he drew from his pocket a phial full of a lively-looking red liquor, on which he expatiated thus: Here is an elixir which I have distilled this morning from the juices of certain plants; for I have employed almost my whole life, like Democritus, in finding out the properties of simples and minerals.
- Lesage, The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, tr. Smollett, bk 7 ch. 8