broad-leaved

American  

[brawd-leevd] / ˈbrɔdˈlivd /

Also broadleafed,

adjective

Botany.

1. of or relating to plants having broad or relatively broad leaves, rather than needles.

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broad-leaved British  

adjective

1. denoting trees other than conifers, most of which have broad rather than needle-shaped leaves

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broad-leaved Scientific  

/ brôd′lēvd′ /

1. Having broad leaves rather than needlelike or scalelike leaves. Broad leaves are adapted to maximizing photosynthesis by capturing large amounts of sunlight. Since the gases that are exchanged with the atmosphere in photosynthesis must be dissolved in water, most broad-leaved plants grow in regions with dependable rainfall.

2. See more at leaf transpiration

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Etymology

Origin of broad-leaved

First recorded in 1545–55

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Example Sentences

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broad-leaved

It is home to the rare broad-leaved cudweed and shrill carder bumblebee and the Essex Wildlife Trust fears "incredibly rare" habitats would be "destroyed".

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

The set designer Adam Rigg’s storybook framework, with rolling hills and broad-leaved plants that look like cardboard cutouts, achieves grandeur without aloofness.

From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2024

You’ll probably have the option of products made with classic needle evergreens, such as fir, spruce, juniper and cedar, and with broad-leaved evergreens, such as eucalyptus and magnolia, says Viveka Neveln, garden editor for bhg.com.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2022

As you continued to travel north, you would see these broad-leaved evergreen plants eventually give rise to seasonally dry forests with scattered trees.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

The valley was cloaked in African olive trees, African cedars, broad-leaved croton trees, Hagenia abyssinica trees drenched in moss, and whiplike young gray Elgon teaks.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

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