broadleaf

American  

[brawd-leef] / ˈbrɔdˌlif /

noun

• broadleaves
  plural

1. any of several cigar tobaccos having broad leaves.

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adjective

1. broad-leaved.

broadleaf British  

/ ˈbrɔːdˌliːf /

noun

1. any tobacco plant having broad leaves, used esp in making cigars

2. Also called: kapuka.   papauma.   puka.  an evergreen tree with large glossy leaves

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• broadleaves
  plural

Etymology

Origin of broadleaf

1750–60; back formation from broadleafed. See broad, leaf, -ed ³

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

broadleaf broadleaves

The Forestry Commission said the firm had illegally felled mixed broadleaf woodland beside a petrol station in 2019.

From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2026

In the northern broadleaf forests of the U.S. and Canada, alien earthworms' impact on soil stresses trees such as sugar maples by altering the microhabitat of their soils.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 9, 2024

Crew members then brought in native plants such as goldenrod, fireweed, broadleaf lupine, various grasses and other native species along the shore and intertidal zone, said King County ecologist Mason Bowles.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 11, 2023

This broadleaf variety is one of the darkest-colored mustard greens you'll see, with wide, subtly scalloped leaves in an attractive deep maroon.

From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2023

All of our broadleaf woods are either ring-porous or diffuse-porous, though some of them, like the walnut, are nearly half way between the two groups.

From Studies of Trees by Jacob Joshua Levison

I could almost see the disappointed look in their eyes as they caught my aura, put on the brakes and returned disappointed to their shelter under the broadleaves.

From To Choke an Ocean by Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin) Bone

"It beats me what they live on," Bergdorf said, gesturing at the iridescent flash of the last bloodsucker as it disappeared beneath the broadleaves.

From To Choke an Ocean by Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin) Bone