English Explanatory Dictionary

broadleaf

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Pertaining to trees with relatively broad, flat leaves as opposed to needles, or woodlands made up of such trees.
  2. Used in the name of a plant or tree: having especially broad leaves.
noun
  1. A tree (Terminalia latifolia, now Terminalia catappa) of Jamaica.
  2. A type of tobacco having broad leaves, used for making cigars.

Word forms

broadleaf broad-leaf broadleafs broadleaves

Etymology

From broad + leaf.

Synonyms

broad-leafed broad-leaved latifoliate latifolious wideleaf almond tree Indian almond tropical almond umbrella tree

Derived words

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