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a groundless rumor

an idle rumor

It is a groundless report―an unfounded rumour―a cock-and-bull story.

It is a pure fabrication.

idle, unconstrained gossip

a groundless rumour

a root and a leaf

to make up a story out of the whole cloth

the root and calyx of a plant

a blind bud

the pointed end of a leaf's stem

There is not an atom of truth in the rumor.

a newly budded leaf that is still in a rolled up state

to make up a story out of the whole cloth

a bud from which leaves (but not flowers) develop

The rumour is unfounded

deprived of leaves

a leaf at the top of stems of grass or branches of trees

The rumor turned out to be groundless.

a branch without leaves

a bud yielding both leaves and flowers

It is a story made out of whole cloth.

an edge of a leaf

a laciniate leaf

the moment a leaf or flower is about to drop

a leaf having a rounded apex and tapering base

leaves that have fallen from branches

the tip of a twig

a leaf that does not lose its vividness

a leaf of a plant called {radical leaf}