Meanings
plural white popinacs
- A small fast-growing mimosoid tree (Leucaena leucocephala), native to southern Mexico and northern Central America, now naturalized throughout the tropics.
Synonyms: white leadtree, jumbay, river tamarind
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA small fast-growing mimosoid tree (Leucaena leucocephala), native to southern Mexico and northern Central America, now naturalized throughout the tropics.
More synonyms by meaning
nounlow scrubby tree of tropical and subtropical North America having white flowers tinged with yellow resembling mimosa and long flattened pods
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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