Definition of Leucaena

1. Noun. Small genus of tropical evergreen trees or shrubs having pods like those of the acacia.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Leucaena

Leto
Lett
Letter of Jeremiah
Letterkenny
Letters and Science
Lettic
Lettice
Lettie
Lettish
Letts
Letty
Letzeburgesh
Leu
Leu enkephalin
Leucadendron argenteum
Leucaena
Leucaena glauca
Leucaena leucocephala
Leucanthemum
Leucanthemum lacustre
Leucanthemum maximum
Leucanthemum superbum
Leucanthemum vulgare
Leuciscus
Leuciscus cephalus
Leuciscus leuciscus
Leucocytozoon
Leucocytozoon marchouxi
Leucocytozoon sabrazesi
Leucocytozoon simondi

Literary usage of Leucaena

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific Between 1896 and 1899 by Henry Brougham Guppy (1906)
"... leucaena Forsteri, Mussaenda frondosa, Luffa insularum.—-Summary. MAN AND THE SEED MAN in his distribution in the islands of the Pacific reproduces in a ..."

2. Hawaii Integrated Biofuels Research Program: Final Report by Patrick K. Takahashi (1995)
"Psyllid-Tolerant Highland leucaena Yields. leucaena Research Reports 9:11-13. Glover, N. 1988. Evaluation of leucaena Species for Psyllid Resistance. ..."

3. Partnerships for Sustainable Forest Ecosystem Management: Fifth Mexico/U. S edited by Celedonio Aguirre-Bravo, Avelino B. Villa-Salas (1996)
"A ambos lados de los bordes ya una distancia de un metro se plantó leucaena con miras a protegerlos, fijar nitrógeno y producir forraje. ..."

4. Proceedings of the Session on Tropical Forestry for People of the Pacific edited by C. Eugene Conrad, Leonard A. Newell (1994)
"Philippine institutions are also testing a variety of multi-purpose trees (mpts) for fuelwood production; leucaena leucocephala and Paraserianthes/aleatoria ..."

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