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Leucaena Leucocephala

Definition: Leucaena Leucocephala

Leucaena Leucocephala

Noun

1. Low scrubby tree of tropical and subtropical North America having white flowers tinged with yellow resembling mimosa and long flattened pods.

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Specialty Definitions: Leucaena Leucocephala

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Botanical

Young fruits, leaves and flower buds are used as a potherb, but might be dangerous. Seeds, reputedly poisonous, are roasted and used as a coffee substitute and are often used in necklaces (!). (references)

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Synonyms: Leucaena Leucocephala

Synonyms: lead tree (n), white popinac (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Leucaena Leucocephala

Non-English Usage: "Leucaena Leucocephala" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Latin (Leadtree).

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Photo Album: Leucaena Leucocephala

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Lead tree, Leucaena leucocephala, is checked under field conditions for such traits as flower color and flowering date, pests, and maturity. The plant is used for fiber and livestock feed. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Leucaena Leucocephala

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  leucaena leucocephala

20
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Alternative Orthography: Leucaena Leucocephala


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4C 65 75 63 61 65 6E 61      4C 65 75 63 6F 63 65 70 68 61 6C 61

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001100 01100101 01110101 01100011 01100001 01100101 01101110 01100001 00100000 01001100 01100101 01110101 01100011 01101111 01100011 01100101 01110000 01101000 01100001 01101100 01100001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#76 &#101 &#117 &#99 &#97 &#101 &#110 &#97 &#32 &#76 &#101 &#117 &#99 &#111 &#99 &#101 &#112 &#104 &#97 &#108 &#97

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004C 0065 0075 0063 0061 0065 006E 0061      004C 0065 0075 0063 006F 0063 0065 0070 0068 0061 006C 0061

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

46718769677180672467187698169718274677867

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Images: Photo Album
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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