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Locust tree   Listen
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Locust tree  n.  (Bot.) A large North American tree of the genus Robinia (Robinia Pseudacacia), producing large slender racemes of white, fragrant, papilionaceous flowers, and often cultivated as an ornamental tree. In England it is called acacia. Note: The name is also applied to other trees of different genera, especially to those of the genus Hymenaea, of which Hymenaea Courbaril is a lofty, spreading tree of South America; also to the carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua), a tree growing in the Mediterranean region.
Honey locust tree (Bot.), a tree of the genus Gleditschia) Gleditschia triacanthus), having pinnate leaves and strong branching thorns; so called from a sweet pulp found between the seeds in the pods. Called also simply honey locust.
Water locust tree (Bot.), a small swamp tree (Gleditschia monosperma), of the Southern United States.






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"Locust tree" Quotes from Famous Books



... foibles of Bolivar Blake, he took his hoe from an outhouse and went to "grub" the young weeds from the tobacco, which had now reached its luxuriant August height. By noon his day's work on the crop was over, and he was resting for a moment in the shadow of a locust tree by the fence, when he heard rapid footsteps approaching in the new road, and Bill Fletcher threw himself over the crumbling rails and came panting into the strip of shade. At sight of the man's face Christopher flung his hoe out into the field, where it bore down a giant plant, and bracing his body ...
— The Deliverance; A Romance of the Virginia Tobacco Fields • Ellen Glasgow



Words linked to "Locust tree" :   Fabaceae, clammy locust, courbaril, family Leguminosae, tree, Gleditsia triacanthos, Hymenaea courbaril, pea family, locust, Gleditsia aquatica



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