broadleaf
See also: broad-leaf
English
Alternative forms
Adjective
broadleaf (not comparable)
- Pertaining to trees with broad, flat leaves, or woodlands made up of such trees.
- 2015, Victoria Schlesinger, ‘Backyard evolution’, Aeon, 21 May:
- Urban has spent close to a decade slogging around in the ponds of Connecticut’s broadleaf forests examining the intricacies of salamander populations.
- 2015, Victoria Schlesinger, ‘Backyard evolution’, Aeon, 21 May:
- Used in the name of a plant or tree: having especially broad leaves.
Synonyms
- broad-leafed, broad-leaved
- latifoliate, latifolious
- wideleaf
Derived terms
Translations
having leaves
having especially broad leaves
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Noun
broadleaf (plural broadleafs or broadleaves)
- A tree (Terminalia latifolia, now Terminalia catappa) of Jamaica.
- A type of tobacco having broad leaves, used for making cigars.
Synonyms
- (tree of Jamaica): almond tree, Indian almond, tropical almond, umbrella tree
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