broad-leaf tree

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• Broad-leaved tree — is any tree which has wide leaves rather than needle like leaves (mostly conifers). Most broad leaf trees are deciduous, such as birch, elm, oak, and maple, but some, such as arbutus are evergreen.Another name used for the broad leaved trees is… …   Wikipedia

• broad-leaf — broadˈ leaf noun 1. Any broad leaved tree 2. Any tobacco plant with broad leaves • • • Main Entry: ↑broad …   Useful english dictionary

• Tree — /tree/, n. Sir Herbert Beerbohm /bear bohm/, (Herbert Beerbohm), 1853 1917, English actor and theater manager; brother of Max Beerbohm. * * * I Woody perennial plant. Most trees have a single self supporting trunk containing woody tissues, and in …   Universalium

• Broad Channel, Queens — Broad Channel is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. It occupies the southern portion of Rulers Bar Hassock (known colloquially as Broad Channel Island ), which is the only inhabited island (pop. about 3,000) in Jamaica Bay.… …   Wikipedia

• tree — treelike, adj. /tree/, n., v., treed, treeing. n. 1. a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground. 2. any of various shrubs,… …   Universalium

• Leaf — For other uses, see Leaf (disambiguation). The leaves of a Beech tree …   Wikipedia

• leaf — leafless, adj. leaflike, adj. /leef/, n., pl. leaves /leevz/, v. n. 1. one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant. 2. any similar or corresponding lateral outgrowth of a stem. 3. a petal: a rose leaf. 4. leaves… …   Universalium

• Leaf — /leef/, n. Munro /mun roh /, 1905 76, U.S. author and illustrator of books for children. * * * I Any flattened, green outgrowth from the stem of a vascular plant. Leaves manufacture oxygen and glucose, which nourishes and sustains both plants and …   Universalium

• leaf-nosed bat — /leef nohzd / any of various New and Old World bats, as of the families Phyllostomatidae, Rhinolophidae, and Hipposideridae, having a leaflike flap of skin at the tip of the nose. [1865 70] * * * ▪ mammal       any of almost 250 species of New… …   Universalium

• almond tree — Broadleaf Broad leaf , n. (Bot.) A tree ({Terminalia latifolia}) of Jamaica, the wood of which is used for boards, scantling, shingles, etc; sometimes called the {almond tree}, from the shape of its fruit. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Insular Single Leaf Bat — Conservation status Near Threatened (IUCN 2.3) Scientific classification …   Wikipedia