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

Mice were more likely to immediately eat their food in broadleaf forests during the fall.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 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

It’s a broadleaf weed that grows in colonies or large groups and have seed leafs that are round and oval with sparse stinging hairs.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2023

If the pores are readily visible, the wood is from a broadleaf tree; if the large pores are collected in a ring it belongs to the ring-porous division of the broadleaf woods.

From Studies of Trees by Levison, Jacob Joshua

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 Bone, Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin)

"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 Bone, Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin)