broadleaf

[ brawd-leef ]

noun

, plural broad·leaves [brawd, -leevz].

1. any of several cigar tobaccos having broad leaves.

adjective

1. broad-leaved.

broadleaf

/ ˈbrɔːdˌliːf /

noun

1. any tobacco plant having broad leaves, used esp in making cigars
2. Also calledkapukapapaumapuka an evergreen tree with large glossy leaves

Word History and Origins

Origin of broadleaf¹

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

Example Sentences

Coconut palms now represent over half of the tree cover on these low islands, confining formerly widespread native broadleaf trees to small fractions of their natural range.

From Science Daily

“And we’ve had almost no weeds. Every once in a while a broadleaf weed comes up and we just pull it. ... We love it.”

From Los Angeles Times

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

Since alternative foods for later consumption, especially acorns, are more abundant in broadleaf forests, a mouse can afford to consume them right away.

From Science Daily

The ecosystem types the scientists analyzed -- desert, coastal sage scrub, chaparral, montane wet forest, mixed riparian woodland and mixed conifer broadleaf forest -- cover about 70% of California's land area.

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