round-leaved, a. Bot.
Also 8 round-leafed.
[round a. 16 c.]
Having round leaves. Chiefly in specific names of plants.
The number of varieties distinguished by this name is very large; only a few are given here.
| 1634 T. Johnson Merc. Bot. 19 Round leaved water Pimpernell. 1725 Fam. Dict. s.v. Sallow, The vulgar round Leav'd Sallow proves best in drier Banks. 1731 Miller Gard. Dict. s.v. Mentha, The Great Round-leaf'd Water-Mint, with a variegated Leaf. 1786 Abercrombie Arr. in Gard. Assist. 64 Round leaved winter green. 1809 Kendall Trav. III. 146 The lumberers..meaning by soft wood all the evergreens; and by hard wood all deciduous or as they call them round-leaved trees. 1847 W. C. L. Martin The Ox 37/2 The great round-leaved willow (salix caprea). 1882 Garden 28 Oct. 375/2 Round-leaved Catchfly, with deep scarlet flowers. |