Definition of Gliricidia

1. Noun. Any of several small deciduous trees valued for their dark wood and dense racemes of nectar-rich pink flowers grown in great profusion on arching branches; roots and bark and leaves and seeds are poisonous.

Group relationships: Genus Gliricidia
Generic synonyms: Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gliricidia

gliomyxoma
glioneuroma
gliopil
gliosarcoma
glioses
gliosis
gliosis uteri
gliosome
gliotic
gliotoxin
gliotransmission
glipizide
glipzide
gliquidone
glires
gliricidia (current term)
glirid
glirids
glisk
glisks
gliss
glissade
glissaded
glissader
glissaders
glissades
glissading
glissandi
glissando
glissandoes

Literary usage of Gliricidia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1916)
"The tip of the leaflet is the first part to show response. Gradually the whole leaflet bends out and back until it reaches the hori- Fig. 2. A. gliricidia ..."

2. Site Management and Productivity in Tropical Plantation Forests: Proceedings by E. K. Sadanandan Nambiar (2004)
"With the exception of gliricidia sepium, the same result was found for the leaf area index. In contrast, it was also reported in the literature that leaf ..."

3. A Handbook of Tropical Gardening and Planting, with Special Reference to Ceylon by Hugh Fraser Macmillan (1914)
"... pomegranate, cannonball tree, velvet-apple and Madagascar clove. In flower :—Jacaranda, gliricidia, ..."

4. Agrodiversity: Learning from Farmers Across the World by Harold Brookfield, Helen Parsons, Muriel Brookfield (2003)
"... 2 Panicum maximum), shrubs (gliricidia spp.). and ornamental plants (Croton spp.) Verge around farmhouse dominated by shrubs eg 2 gliricidia spp., ..."

5. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1916)
"The tip of the leaflet is the first part to show response. Gradually the whole leaflet bends out and back until it reaches the hori- Fig. 2. A. gliricidia ..."

6. Site Management and Productivity in Tropical Plantation Forests: Proceedings by E. K. Sadanandan Nambiar (2004)
"With the exception of gliricidia sepium, the same result was found for the leaf area index. In contrast, it was also reported in the literature that leaf ..."

7. A Handbook of Tropical Gardening and Planting, with Special Reference to Ceylon by Hugh Fraser Macmillan (1914)
"... pomegranate, cannonball tree, velvet-apple and Madagascar clove. In flower :—Jacaranda, gliricidia, ..."

8. Agrodiversity: Learning from Farmers Across the World by Harold Brookfield, Helen Parsons, Muriel Brookfield (2003)
"... 2 Panicum maximum), shrubs (gliricidia spp.). and ornamental plants (Croton spp.) Verge around farmhouse dominated by shrubs eg 2 gliricidia spp., ..."

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