broadleaf

• broad-leaf

broad +‎ leaf

broadleaf (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to trees with broad, flat leaves, 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.

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

• broadleaf arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia)
• broadleaf dock (Rumex obtusifolius)
• broadleaf plantain (Plantago major)

broadleaf (plural broadleafs or broadleaves)

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

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