单词 | broad-leafed |
释义 | > as lemmasbroad-leafed 1. Bearing leaves or foliage, esp. of a specified kind; = leaved adj. 1. Chiefly in parasynthetic formations, as broad-leafed, thick-leafed (cf. broad-leaved adj., thick-leaved adj.). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > plant defined by leaves > [adjective] in (full) leafOE leavedc1300 leavy?1440 leafya1522 leavish1530 leafed1552 fronded1640 folious1658 foliaceous1676 frondent1677 furnished1712 foliose1727 leaf-strewn1730 foliaged1816 foliiferous1828 frondous1828 frondiparous1866 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Braunched or leafed, frondatus. 1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie iii. f. 236 The fielde is of the Moone, a Therebinthe tree, Saturne, floured and leafed Veneris. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 257 Some say it is leafed after the maner of Squilla or sea-onion. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 177 Bamboos..sending from every Joint sprouts of the same form, leafed like long Five-fingered Grass. 1791 Viner's Gen. Abridgm. Law & Equity (ed. 2) VIII. 352 The heir..should have been excluded from all the land leafed, and not leafed. 1875 C. Darwin Variation Animals & Plants Under Domestication I. x. 385 This is to a certain extent the case..with three varieties of the elm, namely, the broad-leafed, lime-leafed, and twisted elm. 1915 Pop. Sci. Jan. 33 On the branches of the juniper and Dodonaea [and] of the thick-leafed Vaccinium..many species of leafy or cactus-like mistletoes are thickly scattered. 1977 H. O'Hagan Woman who got on at Jasper Station & Other Stories Ito Fujika, Trapper 82 Before the willows were leafed, he set out the bear-trap above the cabin. 2007 Independent 21 July (Mag.) 51/1 It's a leaner, not a clinger and its arms are lightly leafed. broad-leafed 3. Of a hat: having a brim of a specified size, as broad-leafed, narrow-leafed. Cf. wide-leafed adj. (b) at wide adj. Compounds 2, leaf n.1 14. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [adjective] > hat > having a brim leafed1820 brimmed1884 1820 Kaleidoscope 13 June 192/3 A Dandy displays but a simple ribbon and broad-leafed hat. 1824 M. J. Quin Visit to Spain (ed. 2) iii. 41 A wide-leafed hat turned up full at the sides. 1844 New Sporting Mag. Aug. 93 His size was made still less by a lowish crowned narrow-leafed hat. 1861 W. F. Collier Hist. Eng. Lit. 176 A broad-leafed low-crowned hat of Flemish beaver. 1905 G. M. Giles Climate & Health 171 In India and elsewhere in the Tropics, a broad-leafed felt of this sort is very useful and comfortable. 1937 Weekly Irish Times 14 Aug. 9/3 Women visitors came in graceful summer frocks..and wide leafed hats. < as lemmas |
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