Meanings
alternative broad-leaf
- not comparablePertaining to trees with relatively broad, flat leaves as opposed to needles, or woodlands made up of such trees.
Urban has spent close to a decade slogging around in the ponds of Connecticut’s broadleaf forests examining the intricacies of salamander populations.
2015 May 21, Victoria Schlesinger, “Backyard evolution”, in Aeon, archived from the original on 06 Jan 2018 - not comparableUsed in the name of a plant or tree: having especially broad leaves.
plural broadleafs · plural broadleaves · alternative broad-leaf
- countableuncountableA tree (Terminalia latifolia, now Terminalia catappa) of Jamaica.
Synonyms: almond tree, Indian almond, tropical almond, umbrella tree
- countableuncountableA type of tobacco having broad leaves, used for making cigars.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA tree (Terminalia latifolia, now Terminalia catappa) of Jamaica.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivehaving relatively broad rather than needlelike or scalelike leaves
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Finnish lehti-, leveälehtinen
- lehti-pertaining to trees with leaves
- leveälehtinenhaving especially broad leaves
- manteliketapaniTerminalia catappa
French feuillu, platyphylle
- feuillupertaining to trees with leaves
- platyphyllehaving especially broad leaves
German laub-, breitblättrig
- laub-pertaining to trees with leaves
- breitblättrighaving especially broad leaves
Hungarian lombos
- lombospertaining to trees with leaves
Cite this entry
broadleaf. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/broadleaf
“broadleaf.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/broadleaf. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “broadleaf,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/broadleaf.
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