variants or broadleaf or less commonly broad-leafed
1
: having broad leaves
specifically : having leaves that are not needles
2
: composed of broad-leaved plants
broad-leaved forests

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Learn about the benefits of some of the low-growing broad-leaved plants that want to call your lawn home. Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 18 May 2025 The Franklins’ home was mostly unchanged; the lawn had the same old broad-leaved trees, but the path down to the garage was overgrown with flowering shrubs. Werner Herzog, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1622, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of broad-leaved was in 1622

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“Broad-leaved.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/broad-leaved. Accessed 30 May. 2025.

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broad-leaved

adjective
ˈbrȯd-ˈlēvd
variants or broadleaf
-ˌlēf
also broad-leafed
-ˈlēft
1
: having broad leaves
especially : having leaves that are not needles
2
: composed of broad-leaved plants
broad-leaved forests
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