Definition of "leavy"

Within the furthest end thereof there was a pleasant BowreSo vaulted with the leauie trées the Sunne had there no powre:

1567, Ovid, “The Third Booke”, in Arthur Golding, transl., The XV. Bookes of P. Ouidius Naso, Entytuled Metamorphosis, […], London: […] Willyam Seres […]

Now neere enough:Your leauy Skreenes throw downe,And shew like those you are […]

c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act V, scene vi]

Thus when devouring hatchet-men invade,With sounding steel, the forest’s leavy head,The mountains ring with their repeated strokes;

1758, James Macpherson, The Highlander‎, Edinburgh: Canto 2, page 20

Put a good bunch of leavy herbs, such as basil, marjoram, dill, tarragon and parsley into the blender or processor and process for a few moments until roughly chopped, then add the butter, garlic and seasoning and continue as above.

1991, Mary Berry, Mary Berry’s Cookery Course, Piatkus, page 224

While painted rails give you the impression that you are crossing a bridge and winding paths provide coherence to the shade lover’s garden, where white painted ladies shelter in the leavy coolness.

1994, Glorious New Zealand Gardens‎, Premier Books

A low road ran off Queen Margaret Drive, where the BBC was situated, and alongside the leavy, tree-lined Botanic Gardens.

1996, Margaret Thomson Davis, A Kind of Immortality, London: Century, page 192

Folic acid is found in grains and certain dark green leavy vegetables.

1999 May 30, “Fruits and veggies may protect against stroke”, in Regina Sun, page 38, column 2

Antioxidant / Folate | Food source / Spinach, broccoli, curly kale, green cabbage and other green leavy vegetables

2004, Anita Bean, The Complete Guide to Sports Nutrition, 4th edition, Guilford, Conn.: The Lyons Press, page 61

Homing birds nesting in tall, leavy trees / In splendor performing their rare symphonies.

2009 April 5, Fair Craig Hash, “Ci et Ca Avec Belle”, in The Rayne Acadian-Tribune, 114th year, number 25, Rayne, La., page 9, column 3

I thought the canna needed sun but they’re rowed up head-high in the shade along the back fence like a tall line of leavy green soldiers.

2019 August 11, Teddy Allen, “It’s not the heat, it’s … wait; it IS the heat!”, in The Times, volume 148, number 257, page 4D, column 4