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• s  having relatively broad rather than needlelike or scalelike leaves

• Scientists discovered several years ago that 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) would kill broad-leaved plants while leaving grasses alone.
• It also damaged a few broad-leaved trees.
• It did kill broad-leaved plants like bindweed.

• broadleaf
• broad-leafed

News & Articles

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• ‘Safer’ slug bait not so much for dogs
  Garden writer Ciscoe Morris warns against iron-phosphate slug bait, as it’s harmful to dogs, and also against vigorous summer pruning of broad-leaved evergreens — you’ll likely kill them.
  Aug. 22, 2013 - Seattle Times