Meaning | small genus of tropical evergreen trees or shrubs having pods like those of the acacia. |
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Synonym | genus Leucaena |
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Member of | Mimosoideae, subfamily Mimosoideae | Alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Mimosaceae |
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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 |
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Broader | rosid dicot genus | A genus of dicotyledonous plants |
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Spanish | genus leucaena, leucaena |
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Catalan | genus leucaena, leucaena |
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