Botany. Of a leaf: having a rough or uneven surface; not smooth; (also) irregularly shaped (cf. ragged, adj.1 2a). Now rare.

General attributive: as bristle brush; bristle-armed, bristle-backed, bristle-bearing, bristle-leaved, bristle-like, bristle-pointed adj., bristle-s…

Having rough leaves. Esp. in the names of plants, as rough-leaved fig.

Having leaves with prominent or parallel veins.

Having rough leaves; formerly applied specifically to the Boragineæ.

Wool-bearing.

Wool-bearing; woolly.

Having thick fleshy leaves.

Of plants: Having smooth leaves. Chiefly in specific names: smooth-leaved elm, a large tree, Ulmus carpinifolia, native to Europe, North Africa…

(in quot. transferred)

(See quot. 1855.)

Of a plant: having leaves with translucent glandular dots. Cf. perforated, adj. 1d.

having smooth leaves.