HyperDic: lead_tree

English > 1 sense of the expression lead tree:
NOUNplantlead tree, white popinac, Leucaena glauca, Leucaena leucocephalalow scrubby tree of tropical and subtropical North America having white flowers tinged with yellow resembling mimosa and long flattened pods
English > lead tree: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningLow scrubby tree of tropical and subtropical North America having white flowers tinged with yellow resembling mimosa and long flattened pods.
Synonymswhite popinac, Leucaena glauca, Leucaena leucocephala
Member ofLeucaena, genus Leucaenasmall genus of tropical evergreen trees or shrubs having pods like those of the acacia
BroadertreeA tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown

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