LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Leucaena leucocephala mean? 

• LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA (noun)
  The noun LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA has 1 sense:

1. low scrubby tree of tropical and subtropical North America having white flowers tinged with yellow resembling mimosa and long flattened pods

  Familiarity information: LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA (noun)

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Meaning:

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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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

lead tree; Leucaena glauca; Leucaena leucocephala; white popinac

Hypernyms ("Leucaena leucocephala" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Holonyms ("Leucaena leucocephala" is a member of...):

genus Leucaena; Leucaena (small genus of tropical evergreen trees or shrubs having pods like those of the acacia)