genus leucaena

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

   SynonymsLeucaena

   Broaderrosid dicot genus

   Part ofMimosoideae

Questions about genus leucaena

What does genus leucaena mean?

genus leucaena means "small genus of tropical evergreen trees or shrubs having pods like those of the acacia".

What is another word for genus leucaena?

Close synonyms include Leucaena. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus leucaena a common word?

genus leucaena is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.