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Leucaena

noun

small genus of tropical evergreen trees or shrubs having pods like those of the acacia

• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus

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\\lüˈsēnə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek leukainein to make white, become white, from leukos white

: a small genus of tropical trees (family Leguminosae) that have pods resembling those of the acacia and 10 stamens — see lead tree

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/looh see"neuh/, n.

any of various tropical trees belonging to the genus Leucaena, of the legume family, which includes the lead tree. Cf. ipil-ipil.

[ < NL (1842), appar. < Gk leukaín(ein) to become white (deriv. of leukós white, bright; see LEUKO-) + NL -a -A²]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.