broadleafadj.n.

eOE Bald's Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) i. xxxviii. 92 Gyþrife & gelod wyrt & þa brunan wyrt bradleafan sio weaxeþ on wuda.

1696 H. Sloane Catal. Plantarum in Jamaica 184 Arbor maxima, fortè prunifera, cortice cannabino folio longissimo latissimoque. The broad-leaf Tree.

1727 B. Langley New Princ. Gardening vii. i. 91 Pliny named the broad Leaf Succory Hedypnois.

1805 M. Lewis Jrnl. 13 Aug. in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1988) V. 78 The leaves grow from the margins of each other as in the broad leaf pear of the Missouri.

1894 Amer. Agriculturist Apr. 226/1 Broad leaf mustard is a fodder crop which is promising well in South Australia.

1940 Yankee Oct. 49/1 Hand-prepared English broadleaf sage in one-ounce airtight container—twenty-five cents.

1990 M. Muller Place that Time Forgot in Deceptions (1991) 87 Broadleaf ivy grows in planter boxes below its windows and partially covers their dusty planes.

2020 Timaru (N.Z.) Herald (Nexis) 25 Feb. 19 Dairy farmers can have a problem with a weed called broadleaf dock. Dock loves the conditions found on pasture-based dairy farms, especially wet lowland paddocks.

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Scarióla, garden endiue or broad leafe.

1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Pharmaceut. Shop i. in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Rrr2^v But seeing Intubus is the genus to all the differences of sative Succory, as Endive and Broadleaf, the Syrupe may be made of each succe, without discrepance.

1894 Househ. News (Philadelphia) Mar. 350/1 The cultivated broad-leaf endive is sometimes used as a vegetable, prepared and served the same as spinach.

1934 F. O. Underwood Veg.-crop Production in Suffolk & Nassau Counties (Bull. Cornell Univ. Agric. Exper. Station No. 611) 35 The marketing season with endive, including Broad Leaf, or Escarole, extends from May through November.

2012 C. Splan Calif. Fruit & Veg. Gardening 163 Broadleaf endive (also called ‘escarole’) is more heat-tolerant than lettuce and faster-growing in cold weather.

1704 J. Ray Historia Plantarum III. xxxi. 123 Arbor Americana Convolvulacea, Broad-Leaf i.e. platyphyllos Barbadensibus dicta.

1886 E. D. M. Hooper Rep. Forests Jamaica 13 In the valley of the Wag Water, further down, there are other species, such as mahoe, broadleaf and bamboo.

1970 Kingston (Jamaica) Daily Gleaner 28 May 3/1 The wood of the Broadleaf is of a light grey-brown colour, and fairly light in weight.

2006 Environmental Managem. 37 790/1 In the ‘cockpits’ emergent trees such as broadleaf (Terminalia latifolia) and West Indian cedar (Cedrela odorata) can reach heights of 25 to 30 m.

1844 D. Monro in Nelson Examiner & N.Z. Chron. 17 Aug. 96/2 Its leaf is of a smooth, glossy, green colour, about the size of the leaf of a Portugal laurel, but more heart shaped. The native name of the tree is kapuka. It is commonly called broad-leaf by the white men there [sc. at Waikouaite].

1882 N.Z. Jrnl. Sci. 1 142 I got some eight different sorts of [fossil] leaves. One of these leaves appears to be identical with that of the Broadleaf (Griselinia lucida).

1908 W. P. Reeves N.Z. iv. 94 The foliage which the broadleaf puts forth quite eclipses the leaves of most of the trees upon which it rides.

1956 N.Z. Timber Jrnl. July 54/1 Broadleaf, Griselinia littoralis Raoul. Cornac. Papaumu. A small tree of N.Z. with wide distribution from sea-level to beyond timber line.

2004 Taranaki (N.Z.) Daily News 11 June 14/3 Hedging shrubs Richard frequently slots into garden designs include Griselinia littoralis (broadleaf), Escallonia, Camellia sasanqua,..and the fast-growing Teucrium fruitican.

1884 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester (1886) Broad leaf, (1) Plantago major.

1967 Fruit Notes Nov. 8 In our tests, dichlobenil has given outstanding control of sorrel, broadleaf plantain, buckhorn plantain and dandelions, which are tolerant to some herbicides.

2014 E. Kolbert Sixth Extinction x. 205 Since my lawn is not particularly well kept, I also see lots of dandelions..garlic mustard..and broadleaf plantains, yet another invader from Europe.

1915 R. B. Prichard Struct. Common Woods N.Y. 9 They are commonly known as the ‘broad-leaves’ or deciduous trees because of the general form of the leaves, and because, as a rule, the leaves drop from the tree in the fall.

1939 F. H. Lamb Bk. of Broadleaf Trees 15 The Broadleafs are ubiquitous, varied, complex.

1985 Nature 8 Aug. 475/1 One-third of Britain's productive timberland..is planted in broadleaves.

2005 C. Tudge Secret Life Trees iv. 83 Only conifers and broadleaves have the complete sheath of cambium, not far from the surface, that allows the tree to go on getting thicker year by year, perhaps for centuries.

1696 H. Sloane Catal. Plantarum in Jamaica 184 Arbor maxima, fortè prunifera, cortice cannabino folio longissimo latissimoque. The broad-leaf Tree.

1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 255 Broad-leaf Tree..grows to a very considerable size.

1859 J. P. Lesley Iron Manufacturer's Guide ii. 508 The needle-leaf trees are still more abundant in these materials than the broad leaf trees.

1909 Forest Club Ann. 1 23 The aspen is the most widely distributed and the most conspicuous broadleaf tree.

1971 Kingston (Jamaica) Daily Gleaner 6 Mar. 3/3 Here was a deep glade, into which the cool morning sun was striking..a tall wild broadleaf tree (Terminalia latifolia).

2001 Financial Times 27 Jan. (Property Suppl.) 3/5 Grants are also available for establishing new woodlands at the rate of £1,350 per hectare for broadleaf trees and £750 per hectare for conifers.

1893 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 2 July 14/7 Pulque is a Mexican beverage, extracted from a large, broad leaf weed of that name.

1936 Reclam. Era Mar. 66/3 A few broadleaf weeds..can be left growing in the orchard at various places.

2009 C. N. Stewart Weedy & Invasive Plant Genomics iv. 45 Waterhemp (Amaranthus spp.) is a troublesome annual broadleaf weed with a wide geographic distribution.