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Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum
Whiteweed White"weed`, n. (Bot.) A perennial composite herb (Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum) with conspicuous white rays and a yellow disk, a common weed in grass lands and pastures; -- called also oxeye daisy.
Leucadendron
Leucadendron Leu`ca*den"dron (l[=u]`k[.a]*d[e^]n"dr[o^]n), n. [NL., fr. Gr. leyko`s white + de`ndron tree.] (Bot.) A genus of evergreen shrubs from the Cape of Good Hope, having handsome foliage. Leucadendron argenteum is the silverboom of the colonists.
Leucadendron argenteum
Leucadendron Leu`ca*den"dron (l[=u]`k[.a]*d[e^]n"dr[o^]n), n. [NL., fr. Gr. leyko`s white + de`ndron tree.] (Bot.) A genus of evergreen shrubs from the Cape of Good Hope, having handsome foliage. Leucadendron argenteum is the silverboom of the colonists.
Leucadendron argenteum
Silver steel, an alloy of steel with a very small proportion of silver. Silver stick, a title given to the title field officer of the Life Guards when on duty at the palace. [Eng.] --Thackeray. Silver tree (Bot.), a South African tree (Leucadendron argenteum) with long, silvery, silky leaves. Silver trout, (Zo["o]l.) See Trout. Silver wedding. See under Wedding. Silver whiting (Zo["o]l.), a marine sci[ae]noid food fish (Menticirrus littoralis) native of the Southern United States; -- called also surf whiting. Silver witch (Zo["o]l.), A lepisma.
Leucania unipuncta
Army worm Ar"my worm` (Zo["o]l.) (a) A lepidopterous insect, which in the larval state often travels in great multitudes from field to field, destroying grass, grain, and other crops. The common army worm of the northern United States is Leucania unipuncta. The name is often applied to other related species, as the cotton worm. (b) The larva of a small two-winged fly (Sciara), which marches in large companies, in regular order. See Cotton worm, under Cotton.
Leucaniline
Leucaniline Leu*can"i*line (l[-u]*k[a^]n"[i^]*l[i^]n or -l[=e]n), n. [Leuc- + aniline.] (Chem.) A colorless, crystalline, organic base, obtained from rosaniline by reduction, and also from other sources. It forms colorless salts.
Melaleuca cajuputi
Cajuput Caj"u*put, n. [Of Malayan origin; k[=a]yu tree + p[=u]tih white.] (Med.) A highly stimulating volatile inflammable oil, distilled from the leaves of an East Indian tree (Melaleuca cajuputi, etc.) It is greenish in color and has a camphoraceous odor and pungent taste.

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- (Wild) Sebald Leucas alba (Forssk.) Sebald Leucas alluaudii Sacteux Leucas anandaraoana Umam.Rao & P.Daniel Leucas angularis Benth. Leucas angustissima...
- Santa Maria di Leuca, often spelled simply Leuca is a frazione of the comune of Castrignano del Capo, in the Salento peninsula (Apulia), southern Italy...
- Leucas aspera is a plant species within the genus Leucas and the family Lamiaceae. Although the species has many different common names depending on the...
- Leucas is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae. Leucas may also refer to an English transliteration of the ancient Gr**** place name Leukas (Λευκάς)...
- The beluga whale (/bɪˈluːɡə/; Delphinapterus leucas) is an Arctic and sub-Arctic cetacean. It is one of two members of the family Monodontidae, along with...
- Leuca is a town and comune of 3,121 inhabitants in the province of Lecce, in the Apulia region of south-east Italy. The origins of Morciano di Leuca probably...
- Leucas ****ulifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is a subshrub endemic to the island of Socotra in Yemen. Its natural habitat...
- as Leucas flagellifolia. Leucas flagellifera was first described by Max Gürke in 1883 as Lasiocorys flagellifera and transferred to the genus Leucas by...
- Nothris leuca is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Filipjev in 1928. It is found in Mongolia. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching...
- Turbonilla leuca is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. The length of the s****...