NOUN | plant | genus Leucaena, Leucaena | small genus of tropical evergreen trees or shrubs having pods like those of the acacia |
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Meaning | small genus of tropical evergreen trees or shrubs having pods like those of the acacia. | |
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Synonym | Leucaena | |
Member of | Mimosoideae, subfamily Mimosoideae | Alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Mimosaceae |
Members | lead tree, white popinac, Leucaena glauca, Leucaena leucocephala | Low scrubby tree of tropical and subtropical North America having white flowers tinged with yellow resembling mimosa and long flattened pods |
Broader | rosid dicot genus | A genus of dicotyledonous plants |
Spanish | genus leucaena, leucaena | |
Catalan | genus leucaena, leucaena |
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