Definition of Broad-leaved
1. Adjective. Having relatively broad rather than needlelike or scalelike leaves.
Definition of Broad-leaved
1. Adjective. Having relatively broad leaves ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Broad-leaved
1. Having broad, or relatively broad, leaves. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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Literary usage of Broad-leaved
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1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"broad-leaved evergreen. Useful for hedges up to 3 or 4 feet at its ... broad-leaved
evergreen with spiny leaves. Useful for hedges from 2 to 6 feet. ..."
2. Plant-geography Upon a Physiological Basis by Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1903)
"Evergreen broad-leaved trees. a. Special Illustrations, i. ... The broad-leaved
summer-forest of the Mississippi and of the Atlantic plain. ..."
3. The Book of Grasses: An Illustrated Guide to the Common Grasses, and the by Mary Francis Baker (1912)
"broad-leaved SPIKE-GRASS, SLENDER SPIKE-GRASS, AND SEASIDE OATS "by rushy ...
So strikingly ornamental are the panicles of broad-leaved Spike-grass that one ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Perhaps the most common eastern species are Allium cernuum, Allium canadense and
Allium tricoccum, the last generally known as the wild leek, a broad-leaved ..."
5. Building Construction and Superintendence by Frank Eugene Kidder (1915)
"The broad-leaved trees are found in nearly every country of the globe and ...
The terms "broad-leaved," "deciduous" and "hardwood" are used interchangeably. ..."
6. Synoptical Flora of North America: The Gamopetalae, Being a Second Edition by Asa Gray (1888)
"Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 1. c. A. /«fi/Wia," Gray, Bot. Calif, ii. 458, & ¡.
415, in part, almost glabrous broad-leaved form. ..."
7. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1838)
"broad-leaved Jews' Myrtle. This variety has it« leave* frequently In threes, on
which account it is said to be in esteem among the Jews in their religious ..."
8. An Introduction to Physical Geography by Grove Karl Gilbert, Albert Perry Brigham (1902)
"The broad-leaved trees chiefly compose these Appalachian forests (Fig. ...
An Appalachian forest of broad- leaved (or deciduous, or hardwood) trees. ..."
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