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broadleaf

[ brawd-leef ]

noun

, plural broad·leaves [brawd, -leevz].
  1. any of several cigar tobaccos having broad leaves.


adjective

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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of broadleaf1

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

“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.”

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.

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

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.

Crew members then brought in native plants such as goldenrod, fireweed, broadleaf lupine, various grasses and other native species along the shore and intertidal zone, said King County ecologist Mason Bowles.

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