broadleaf

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Adjective

broadleaf (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to trees with relatively broad, flat leaves as opposed to needles, or woodlands made up of such trees.
   • 2015, Victoria Schlesinger, ‘Backyard evolution’, Aeon, 21 May ↗:

     Urban has spent close to a decade slogging around in the ponds of Connecticut’s broadleaf forests examining the intricacies of salamander populations.

2. Used in the name of a plant or tree: having especially broad leaves.

Synonyms

• broad-leafed, broad-leaved
• latifoliate, latifolious
• wideleaf

Translations

• French: feuillu
• German: laub-

Translations

• French: platyphylle
• German: breitblättrig

Noun

broadleaf (plural broadleafs)

1. A tree (Terminalia latifolia, now Terminalia catappa) of Jamaica.
2. A type of tobacco having broad leaves, used for making cigars.

Synonyms

• (tree of Jamaica): almond tree, Indian almond, tropical almond, umbrella tree

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