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1. A tree belonging to the angiosperms; usually broad-leaved and deciduous, such as cherry, mahogany, maple, oak, etc.
2. Wood cut from such trees.
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The huge broad-leaf trees in front of you have air plants and climbing vines that twine in and around the tree branches and trunks.
Environmental aesthetics: recreating the rain forest
The species is found on both living and dead leaves of various broad-leaf trees and occurs occasionally on conifer foliage (Mockford 1993).
First report of Ectopsocus briggsi and Trichopsocus dalii (Psocoptera: Psocomorpha: Ectopsocidae and Trichopsocidae) from Iran
Broad-leaf trees tend to cause more damage than evergreens and Sheila is right to think an ash could be a more serious threat than her conifer.
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