locust-tree

  • 71weeping honey locust — noun : a tree that is a variety (Gleditsia triacanthos bujoti) of the common honey locust characterized by pendulous branchlets …

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  • 72thorn tree — noun Etymology: Middle English thorne tree, from thorne, thorn thorn + tree : any of various thorny or spiny trees: as a. : hawthorn b. : honey locust …

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  • 73black locust — noun Date: 1787 a tall tree (Robinia pseudoacacia) of eastern North America with pinnately compound leaves, drooping racemes of fragrant white flowers, and strong stiff wood …

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  • 74honey locust — noun Date: 1743 a tall usually spiny North American leguminous tree (Gleditsia triacanthos) with very hard wood and long twisted pods containing a sweet edible pulp and seeds that resemble beans …

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  • 75black locust — noun A tree, Robinia pseudoacacia, in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae, native to the southeastern United States, but widely planted and naturalized elsewhere in temperate North America, Europe and Asia; considered an invasive… …

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  • 76honey locust — noun A North American deciduous tree (Gleditsia triacanthos) having fragrant flowers and hard red wood …

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  • 77honey locust — n. tall thorny tree of eastern North America …

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  • 78honey locust — noun a spiny leguminous tree grown for its fern like foliage. [Gleditsia triacanthos (N. America) and related species.] …

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  • 79black locust — black′ lo′cust n. pln a North American tree, Robinia pseudoacacia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and clusters of fragrant white flowers • Etymology: 1780–90, amer …

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  • 80honey locust — hon′ey lo cust n. pln a thorny North American tree, Gleditsia triacanthos, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and pods with a sweet pulp …

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