broadleaf

[brawd-leef]

noun, plural broad·leaves

[brawd-leevz] /ˈbrɔdˌlivz/.

any of several cigar tobaccos having broad leaves.

adjective

broad-leaved.

Origin of broadleaf

1750–60; back formation from broadleafed. See broad, leaf, -ed³

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Examples from the Web for broadleaf

Historical Examples of broadleaf

"Broadleaf," "deciduous," and "hardwood" trees are the same.
The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties
Charles H. (Charles Henry) Snow
The Pennsylvania leaf is also classed as Seed and Broadleaf.
Tobacco Leaves
W. A. Brennan
The two kinds of wood belong to needleleaf and broadleaf trees alike; but palms, owing to their manner of growth, have neither.
American Forest Trees
Henry H. Gibson
Broadleaf Willow (Salix amplifolia), known also as feltleaf willow, was discovered in Alaska in 1899.
American Forest Trees
Henry H. Gibson
A village about 10 kilometers southwest of Matas Romero; transition between scrub forest and broadleaf hardwood forest .
A Distributional Study of the Amphibians of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico
William E. Duellman

British Dictionary definitions for broadleaf

broadleaf

noun plural -leaves

any tobacco plant having broad leaves, used esp in making cigars
Also called: kapuka, papauma, puka NZ an evergreen tree with large glossy leaves

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