white popinac

white popinac
noun
low scrubby tree of tropical and subtropical North America having white flowers tinged with yellow resembling mimosa and long flattened pods
Hypernyms: ↑tree
Member Holonyms: ↑Leucaena, ↑genus Leucaena

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noun
: a small evergreen tropical American leguminous tree (Leucaena glauca) that is sometimes cultivated in warm regions for its showy globose heads of white flowers and is widely naturalized in tropical regions

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  • Leucaena leucocephala — noun low scrubby tree of tropical and subtropical North America having white flowers tinged with yellow resembling mimosa and long flattened pods • Syn: ↑lead tree, ↑white popinac, ↑Leucaena glauca • Hypernyms: ↑tree • Member Holonyms: ↑Leucaena …   Useful english dictionary

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  • Leucaena leucocephala — tikroji baltva statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Mimozinių šeimos dažinis, medieninis, pašarinis, pluoštinis augalas (Leucaena leucocephala), paplitęs Meksikoje ir Pietų Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Leucaena leucocephala angl. horse tamarind; …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

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