A broad-leaved, broad-leaf, or broadleaf tree is any tree within the diverse botanical group of angiosperms that has flat leaves and produces seeds inside of fruits. It is one of two general types of trees, the other being a conifer, a tree with needle-like or scale-like leaves and seeds borne in woody cones.

What does broad leaf mean?

1 : having broad leaves specifically : having leaves that are not needles. 2 : composed of broad-leaved plants broad-leaved forests.

What's the difference between broadleaf and deciduous?

As adjectives the difference between deciduous and broadleaf

is that deciduous is (biology) describing a part that falls off, or is shed, at a particular time or stage of development while broadleaf is used to define a type of tree: having broad and flat, often deciduous leaves]] as opposed to having [[needle|needles.