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Leucaena glauca

Leucaena glauca

9.9
A small bushy tree with yellow-white flowers and long seed pods that farmers grow for animal fodder
  • noun
  • Specialized
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  • You can recognize Leucaena glauca by its distinctive yellowish-white blossoms and long pods.

Examples

  • The Leucaena glauca thrives in sandy soils and full sunlight across tropical regions.

  • The Leucaena glauca tree is often used for reforestation.

  • Farmers sometimes plant Leucaena glauca as a source of fodder for livestock.

  • Did you see the beautiful Leucaena glauca flowers?

  • Farmers sometimes plant Leucaena glauca as a source of fodder for livestock.

  • The Leucaena glauca thrives in sandy soils and full sunlight across tropical regions.

  • You can recognize Leucaena glauca by its distinctive yellowish-white blossoms and long pods.

Synonyms

lead tree
vsLeucaena glauca
7.9

A low bushy tropical tree with feathery leaves and long pods used for animal food and to help the soil

is the native low shrub with white tinged yellow flowers and flattened pods
white popinac
vsLeucaena glauca
  • US
9.9

A small tree with white flowers with some yellow and long flat pods that grows in warm places

is the standard name stressing identity rather than resemblance to mimosa
wild tamarind
vsLeucaena glauca
  • US
8.5

A tropical tree from the Americas with long curved seed pods and useful wood

is the specific North American shrub with white tinged yellow flowers and flattened pods

Surface Forms

Leucaena glauca singular
Leucaena glaucas plural

Morphology

Leucaena + glauca

This is a binomial scientific name composed of a genus (Leucaena) plus a species epithet (glauca); if a learner knows 'Leucaena' is a tropical tree and 'glauca' means 'glaucous/blue‑gray' or otherwise describes the plant, they can infer it denotes a particular kind of Leucaena tree. Taxonomic naming is a regular, cross‑linguistic composition, so the overall meaning is derivable from the constituents.

Etymology

Leucaena glauca may get its name from old Greek and Latin words about color. Leucaena comes from a Greek word meaning 'white' and glauca means 'pale' or 'bluish-grey', so the name points to the tree's pale yellow-white flowers and light leaves.