| NOUN | plant | Leucaena, genus 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 | genus 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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