Broadleaf
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Broadleaf is an adjective meaning Pertaining to trees with relatively broad, flat leaves as opposed to needles, or woodlands made up of such trees.
Meaning
Pertaining to trees with relatively broad, flat leaves as opposed to needles, or woodlands made up of such trees.
More Meanings
- Used in the name of a plant or tree: having especially broad leaves.
- A tree (Terminalia latifolia, now Terminalia catappa) of Jamaica.
- A type of tobacco having broad leaves, used for making cigars.
Example Sentences
Urban has spent close to a decade slogging around in the ponds of Connecticut’s broadleaf forests examining the intricacies of salamander populations.
Word Forms
- broad-leaf
- broadleafs
- broadleaves
Synonyms for broadleaf
Depending on context, synonyms include broad-leaved, latifoliate, latifolious, wideleaf, deciduous.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include broad-leaved, deciduous, flowering, dicotyledonous, plant, leafy.
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