See also: broad-leaf

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From broad +‎ leaf.

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broadleaf (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to trees with relatively broad, flat leaves as opposed to needles, or woodlands made up of such trees.
    • 2015 May 21, Victoria Schlesinger, “Backyard evolution”, in Aeon[1]:
      Urban has spent close to a decade slogging around in the ponds of Connecticut’s broadleaf forests examining the intricacies of salamander populations.
  2. Used in the name of a plant or tree: having especially broad leaves.

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broadleaf (plural broadleafs or broadleaves)

  1. A tree (Terminalia latifolia, now Terminalia catappa) of Jamaica.
  2. A type of tobacco having broad leaves, used for making cigars.

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