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Look up: leuc-

  1. Leuc-
    Leuc- (lūk-). Same as Leuco- .
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/33

  2. leuc-
    1. <prefix> A combining form signifying white, colourless; specif. ... 2. <chemistry> Denoting an extensive series of colourless organic compounds, obtained by reduction from certain other coloured compounds; as, leucaniline, leucaurin, etc. ... Origin: Gr. White. ... (29 Oct 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  3. Leuc-
    • A combining form signifying white, colorless; specif. (Chem.), denoting an extensive series of colorless organic compounds, obtained by reduction from certain other colored compounds; as, leucaniline, leucaurin, etc. • Same as Leuco-.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  4. leuc-
    White; white blood cell. See: leuk-, leuko- [G. leukos, white]
    Found on

  5. Leucadendron
    [n] - large genus of evergreen trees and shrubs having silvery white leaves and solitary terminal flowers with conspicuous silvery bracts
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  6. Leucadendron
    Leu`ca·den'dron (lū`kȧ*dĕn'drŏn) noun [ New Latin , from Greek leyko`s white + de`ndron tree.] (Botany) A genus of evergreen shrubs from the Cape of Good Hope, having handsome foliage. Leucadendron argenteum is the silverboom of the colonists.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/33

  7. leucadendron
    <botany> A genus of evergreen shrubs from the Cape of Good Hope, having handsome foliage. Leucadendron argenteum is the silverboom of the colonists. ... Origin: NL, fr. Gr. White + tree. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  8. Leucadendron
    genus Leucadendron noun large genus of evergreen trees and shrubs having silvery white leaves and solitary terminal flowers with conspicuous silvery bracts
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  9. Leucadendron
    `Leucadendron` is a genus of about 80 species of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae, endemic to South Africa, where they are a prominent part of the fynbos vegetation. They are evergreen shrubs or small trees growing up to 1-16 m tall. The leaves are spirally arranged, simple, entire, and usually green, often covered with a waxy bloom, and in the case of the Silvertree, with a distinct silvery tone produced by dense silky hairs. The flowe...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucadendro

  10. Leucadendron
    • (n.) A genus of evergreen shrubs from the Cape of Good Hope, having handsome foliage. Leucadendron argenteum is the silverboom of the colonists.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  11. Leucadendron
    (from the article `scrubland`) ...and orchids, all of which consist of small, herbaceous plants that grow beneath the shrub canopy. The most colourful and conspicuous shrubs are ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/l/39

  12. Leucadendron
    Leucadendron 1. A genus of evergreen shrubs from the Cape of Good Hope, having handsome foliage. Leucadendron argenteum is the silverboom of the colonists. 2. A large genus of evergreen trees and shrubs having silvery white leaves and solitary terminal flowers with conspicuous silvery bracts.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  13. Leucadendron argenteum
    noun small South African tree with long silvery silky foliage
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  14. Leucadendron discolor
    `Leucadendron discolor` is a species of plant in the Proteaceae family. It is endemic to South Africa. Category:Flora of South Africa It is threatened by habitat loss.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucadendro

  15. Leucadendron nobile
    `Leucadendron nobile` is a species of plant in the Proteaceae family. It is endemic to South Africa. Category:Flora of South Africa
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucadendro

  16. Leucadendron strobilinum
    `Leucadendron strobilinum` is a species of plant in the Proteaceae family. It is endemic to South Africa. Category:Flora of South Africa It is threatened by habitat loss.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucadendro

  17. Leucadia
    `Leucadia` can refer to: * Lefkada , a Greek island in the Ionian Sea. * Leucadia National Corporation, a holding company based in New York City. * Leucadia State Beach, a protected beach in California. * Leucadia, California, a community that presides as part of Encinitas, California
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucadia

  18. Leucadia National
    `Leucadia National Corporation` (traded on the New York Stock Exchange as LUK) is a holding company that, through its subsidiaries, engages in mining & drilling services, telecommunications, healthcare services, manufacturing, banking and lending, real estate, and winery businesses with a market cap of about $6.6 billion as of 12/06. Leucadia is known as a `mini Berkshire Hathaway` with an average annual return of over 22%. Leucadia's highest pr...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucadia_Na

  19. leucaemia
    Synonym for leukaemia ... <haematology> An acute or chronic disease of unknown cause in man and other warm blooded animals that involves the blood forming organs, is characterised by an abnormal increase in the number of leucocytes in the tissues of the body with or without a corresponding increase of those in the circulating blood and is clas ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  20. Leucaena
    [n] - small genus of tropical evergreen trees or shrubs having pods like those of the acacia
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  21. Leucaena
    genus Leucaena noun small genus of tropical evergreen trees or shrubs having pods like those of the acacia
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  22. Leucaena
    `Leucaena` is a Genus of about 24 species of trees and shrubs, distributed from Texas, U.S.A. to Peru.It belongs to subfamily Mimosoideae of the legume family Fabaceae. Some species grown (namely `Leucaena leucocephala`) has edible fruits (as unripe) and seeds, also used like livestock fodder, green manure, firewood crops, soil conservation, seeds used as beads (jumbie beans), now mooted as charcoal source and for energy (1 million barrels of oi...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucaena

  23. leucaena
    (from the article `Fabales`) Various forms of leucaena (Leucaena leucocephala) have been developed for animal forage, firewood, and construction, as well as for the high ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/l/39

  24. Leucaena cuspidata
    `Leucaena cuspidata` is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family. It is found only in Mexico. It is threatened by habitat loss.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucaena_cu

  25. Leucaena greggii
    `Leucaena greggii` is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family. It is found only in Mexico. It is threatened by habitat loss.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucaena_gr


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