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broadleaf en · ADJ

Etymology

From broad + leaf.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Pertaining to trees with relatively broad, flat leaves as opposed to needles, or woodlands made up of such trees.
    • Urban has spent close to a decade slogging around in the ponds of Connecticut’s broadleaf forests examining the intricacies of salamander populations. 2015 May 21, Victoria Schlesinger, “Backyard evolution”, in Aeon, archived from the original on 06 Jan 2018:
  2. (not-comparable) Used in the name of a plant or tree: having especially broad leaves.

Forms

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broad-leaf alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

broadleaf weed · broadleaf tree · broadleaf carpetgrass · broadleaf carpet grass · broadleaf bamboo · broadleaf plantain · broadleaf arrowhead · broadleaf dock

Synonyms

wideleaf · latifolious · latifoliate · broad-leaved · broad-leafed

Translations (9)

ka ფართოფოთლოვანი (having especially broad leaves) · hu lombos (pertaining to trees with leaves) · fi leveälehtinen (having especially broad leaves) · fr platyphylle (having especially broad leaves) · de laub- (pertaining to trees with leaves) · fr feuillu (pertaining to trees with leaves) · ka ფოთლოვანი (pertaining to trees with leaves) · de breitblättrig (having especially broad leaves) · fi lehti- (pertaining to trees with leaves)

broadleaf en · NOUN

Etymology

From broad + leaf.

Meanings

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

Forms

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broad-leaf alternative lexicographic
broadleafs Number=Plur lexicographic
broadleaves Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

tropical almond (tree of Jamaica) · Indian almond (tree of Jamaica) · umbrella tree (tree of Jamaica) · almond tree (tree of Jamaica)

Translations (1)

fi manteliketapani (Terminalia catappa)