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leucaena

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leu⋅cae⋅na

  [loo-see-nuh]
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–noun
any of various tropical trees belonging to the genus Leucaena, of the legume family, which includes the lead tree.
Compare ipil-ipil.

Origin:
< NL (1842), appar. < Gk leukaín(ein) to become white (deriv. of leukós white, bright; see leuko- ) + NL -a -a 2
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leucaena

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