broadleaf
nounEtymology From broad + leaf.
1
A tree (Terminalia latifolia, now Terminalia catappa) of Jamaica.
2
A type of tobacco having broad leaves, used for making cigars.
- Synonyms
- almond tree, Indian almond, tropical almond, umbrella tree
broadleaf
adjEtymology From broad + leaf.
1
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
Used in the name of a plant or tree: having especially broad leaves.
- Synonyms
- broad-leafed, broad-leaved, latifoliate, latifolious, wideleaf
- Derived terms
- broadleaf arrowhead, broadleaf bamboo, broadleaf carpet grass, broadleaf carpetgrass, broadleaf dock, broadleaf plantain, broadleaf tree, broadleaf weed