The Collaborative International Dictionary
Broadleaf \Broad"leaf`\, n. (Bot.) A tree ( Terminalia latifolia) of Jamaica, the wood of which is used for boards, scantling, shingles, etc; -- sometimes called the almond tree, from the shape of its fruit.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Used to define a type of tree: having broad and flat, often deciduous leaf as opposed to having needle. 2 Used in the name of a plant or tree: having especially broad leaves. alt. 1 A tree ((taxlink Terminalia latifolia species noshow=1), now (taxlink Terminalia catappa species noshow=1)) of Jamaica. 2 A type of tobacco having broad leaves, used for making cigars. n. 1 A tree ((taxlink Terminalia latifolia species noshow=1), now (taxlink Terminalia catappa species noshow=1)) of Jamaica. 2 A type of tobacco having broad leaves, used for making cigars.
WordNet
adj. having relatively broad rather than needle-like or scale-like leaves [syn: broad-leafed, broad-leaved]
[also: broadleaves (pl)]
Usage examples of "broadleaf".
Benison Ricimer brought the Peaches to a near halt a meter above the ground, then slid her forward between the boles of the broadleaf trees.
When I first arrived, sitting at the same desk and looking out of the same window, the view was of a patchwork of small fields, some edged with trees, one with a large pond in the middle and over to the far left of my vista was a very charming coppice of ancient broadleaf native trees.
The reprodu the broadleaf grasses might need debate, and po new nomenclature, but those looked to him like of the sort they grew in the herbarium from Ear red-violet, specifically, different than anything d yet seen in the landscape.
They were predominantly conifers mixed with a few small broadleaf trees.
The reproduction of the broadleaf grasses might need debate, and possibly a new nomenclature, but those looked to him like flowers of the sort they grew in the herbarium from Earth seed, red-violet, specifically, different than anything they had yet seen in the landscape.
The other woman plucked a piece of broadleaf grass, then began absently shredding it, her expression intent.
She had never realized the forest was so lush, trees reaching into clouds, the dark undergrowth crowded with broadleaf foliage, lianas festooned with orchids, and bright .
The sun hung low in the western sky above the rolling hills covered with a mixture of graying broadleaf trees and pines before Kharl stopped at the low stone wall that bordered the lane.
Anna glanced to her right, downhill through a gap in the mixed broadleaf trees and evergreens.
Keikano disappeared into the jungle for only a few yards before the top of a broadleaf sapling waved merrily, Chip scrambling off to help, or perhaps just to view the remains.
The thing that waked him was a broadleaf stroking the net over his face, and from his place in the undergrowth Lovett could see a silhouette against the stars.
She sat on a broad, flat rock that jutted out over the stream near the overhang, in the shade of a broadleaf tree with white and tan bark.
The fresh summer morning breathtakingly beautiful, but she barely noticed the pink blush of dawn or the riotous chorus of birdsong from the broadleaf maples lining the road.
Old rockslides obscured the path here and there, dragging firs and cedars down towards the valley below, and in these places bushes and broadleafed trees had found a foothold, making passage difficult.
The trees had gotten shorter, with more low evergreens and less broadleafs, and consequently less shade.