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Definition of Lead tree
1. Noun. Low scrubby tree of tropical and subtropical North America having white flowers tinged with yellow resembling mimosa and long flattened pods.
Group relationships: Genus Leucaena, Leucaena
Generic synonyms: Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lead Tree
Literary usage of Lead tree
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Laboratory Manual of Colloid Chemistry by Harry Nicholls Holmes (1922)
"lead tree."—Simon grew the well-known " lead tree " in a silicic acid gel containing
lead acetate. A bit of zinc or tin was pressed into the top of the gel. ..."
2. The Boy's Own Book: A Complete Encyclopedia of All the Diversions, Athletic by William Clarke (1829)
"THE lead tree. Put into a common wine decanter about half .an ounce of super-acetate
... Into the same, or a similar vessel, to that used for the lead tree, ..."
3. First Book in Chemistry: For the Use of Schools and Families by Worthington Hooker (1862)
"This tree is made of the metal lead, and is called the lead tree.* The explanation
is this. The acetic acid has a stronger affinity for zinc than it has for ..."
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