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WHITE POPINAC
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Low scrubby tree of tropical and subtropical North America having white flowers tinged with yellow resembling mimosa and long flattened pods
Synonyms:
lead tree; Leucaena glauca; Leucaena leucocephala; white popinac
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("white popinac" is a kind of...):
tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)
Holonyms ("white popinac" is a member of...):
genus Leucaena; Leucaena (small genus of tropical evergreen trees or shrubs having pods like those of the acacia)