broadleaf
See also: broad-leaf
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broadleaf (not comparable)
- 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.
- Used in the name of a plant or tree: having especially broad leaves.
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- broadleaf arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia)
- broadleaf bamboo
- broadleaf carpet grass
- broadleaf carpetgrass
- broadleaf dock (Rumex obtusifolius)
- broadleaf plantain (Plantago major)
- broadleaf tree
- broadleaf weed
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pertaining to trees with leaves
having especially broad leaves
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Noun edit
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.
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- (tree of Jamaica): almond tree, Indian almond, tropical almond, umbrella tree
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Terminalia catappa
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