broadleaf

 [brawd-leef]  

broad·leaf

   [brawd-leef] noun, plural broad·leaves  [-leevz] , adjective
noun
1.
any of several cigar tobaccos having broad leaves.
adjective
2.
broad-leaved.

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Origin:
1750–60; back formation from broadleafed. See broad, leaf, -ed3
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broadleaf (ˈbrɔːdˌliːf)
 
—n , pl -leaves
1.  any tobacco plant having broad leaves, used esp in making cigars
2.  (NZ) kapuka, papauma, Also called: puka an evergreen tree with large glossy leaves

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