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Broad-leafed   /brɔd-lift/   Listen
Broad-leafed

adjective
1.
Having relatively broad rather than needlelike or scalelike leaves.  Synonyms: broad-leaved, broadleaf.






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"Broad-leafed" Quotes from Famous Books



... all things, from the gaudy barbarism of pattern-bedding; and by giving it swing and sweep of graceful contours. And lastly, all ground lines of the house are clothed with shrubberies whose deciduous growths are companioned with broad-leafed evergreens and varied conifers, in whatever proportions will secure the best midwinter effects without such abatement to those of summer as would diminish the total ...
— The Amateur Garden • George W. Cable

... gar. No, it is a stream of a far different character, though also one of great magnitude. Upon the banks of the former ripens the rice-plant, and the sugar-cane waves its golden tassels high in the air. There, too, flourishes the giant reed, the fan-palm, and the broad-leafed magnolia, with its huge snow-white flowers. There the aspect is Southern, and the heat tropical for most part ...
— Popular Adventure Tales • Mayne Reid



Words linked to "Broad-leafed" :   broad-leaved, deciduous



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