How to Use leaved in a Sentence

leaved

adjective

• The small-leaved weed is spotted spurge, a widespread nuisance in the Northwest.
  — oregonlive, 4 Oct. 2020
• A large turquoise pot provides a showcase for a yellow-leaved jade plant.
  — Chris Ross, sandiegouniontribune.com, 12 May 2017
• The green-leaved varieties are the most shade tolerant.
  — Kris Wetherbee, Good Housekeeping, 7 Aug. 2018
• Space large-leaved cultivars, such as Lettuce Leaf, 1½ feet apart and small-leaved types such as Spicy Globe 1 foot apart.
  — The Editors, Good Housekeeping, 20 Aug. 2018
• The plants vary in form from species to species; without blooms, some look like gnarled nests of bare sticks or green, flat-leaved cactus-orchid hybrids.
  — Joanna Klein, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2017
• At higher elevations were forests of shrubs and a variety of broad-leaved trees and conifers.
  — Mike Sager, Smithsonian, 29 July 2017
• At higher elevations were forests of shrubs and a variety of broad-leaved trees and conifers.
  — Mike Sager, Smithsonian, 28 June 2017
• Plant the small-leaved selections in rock gardens or in containers.
  — Kris Wetherbee, Good Housekeeping, 7 Aug. 2018
• Most cooks prefer the flat-leaved Italian type, but the curly variety is also tasty and adds color when used as a garnish.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2022
• Every year, both needled and broad-leaved evergreens drop old foliage either in the fall or spring.
  — Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 5 Nov. 2020
• Along the parkways, Hong Kong orchid trees bloom magenta from fall to spring, while broad-leaved African tulip trees bloom orange and gold in summer.
  — Nan Sterman, sandiegouniontribune.com, 3 Aug. 2017
• From the rooftop garden, planted with mimosa, rosemary, purple succulents and waxy broad-leaved farfugium, the view changes with the weather.
  — New York Times, 7 Sep. 2021
• According to the UW Extension, Virginia creeper is also called five-leaved ivy and can grow up to 20 feet in a single year.
  — Jennifer Rude Klett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Sep. 2021
• Their forms and textures add so much to the garden, especially in gardens planted with lots of fine- or narrow-leaved plants.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2019
• The thick-leaved varieties that like full sun can be planted every two feet or so apart, and will eventually spread via the pups that form at the mother plant’s base.
  — Kenneth Setzer, miamiherald, 24 May 2018
• There was blue-leaved agave in the traffic islands and, lining the streets, the trees of my childhood in Delhi — flamboyant, laburnum, jacaranda — were in flower.
  — New York Times, 11 Nov. 2021
• There are many varieties of mint — smooth-leaved, crinkly, variegated, fuzzy, shiny.
  — Jeanmarie Brownson, Twin Cities, 18 July 2019
• The evergreen huckleberry is a broad-leaved shrub that features shiny, waxy leaves and striking pink and white flowers.
  — Colin McCrate, The Seattle Times, 20 Feb. 2019
• Some evergreens, such as dense, bushy cedars and thorny-leaved hollies, offer birds a twofer: berries as well as protection from weather and predators.
  — Bart Ziegler, WSJ, 13 Sep. 2017
• These crepe myrtles attract pollinators, are purple-leaved, and hold their color in full sun.
  — Deanna Kizis, Sunset Magazine, 3 May 2022
• Shelton also tends a patch on the hillside behind his home, where, in May, ginseng tangles with purple and yellow flowers and shiny dark-leaved bushes.
  — Emily Cataneo/undark, Popular Science, 9 Nov. 2020
• The florals were dark and moody, the staircase was lined with twiggy autumnal frondescence, and orange-leaved trees stood seemingly on their own in corners of the room.
  — Rachel Besser, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2021
• These pesky critters chew holes in the leaves and flowers of plants, and are particularly fond of soft-leaved plants such as impatiens, begonias and hostas among many others.
  — Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 23 Sep. 2020
• That included broad-leaved trees that were likely similar to cypresses, redwoods, and tulip trees.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 17 Oct. 2019
• The terrain is decidedly jungly, with lush broad-leaved forest dominating most of the slopes and limestone crags giving way to hundreds of caves.
  — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 7 May 2022
• When happy, the glossy-leaved plant produces balls of miniature flowers, providing a burst of color and a fun textural element.
  — Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2021
• Some gardeners spray broad-leaved evergreens with an anti-desiccant spray to reduce the water loss from and winter damage to leaves.
  — Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 18 Dec. 2021
• Several small-leaved Hebe cultivars that are hardy west of the Cascades have beautiful and unusual foliage.
  — Kym Pokorny, OregonLive.com, 23 July 2017
• The deciduous broad-leaved forests that now cover 11 percent of North America north of Mexico were in their infancy.
  — Andrew L. Hipp, Scientific American, 15 July 2020
• Above the living room mantel, paintings of dark-leaved trees, neatly encapsulating their own seeds, betoken freshness and growth.
  — Ray Booth, House Beautiful, 23 Sep. 2021

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024