Locust tree can mean: == Etymology == In North America and Greece the term `locust` (gr. akris) was applied to the pods of the carob tree, that somehow resemble the insect. By extension many other pod carrying trees have been called `locust tree`. ...
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• A large North American tree of the genus Robinia (R. Pseudacacia), producing large slender racemes of white, fragrant, papilionaceous flowers, and often cultivated as an ornamental tree. In England it is called acacia.
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(Robinia) This group of deciduous trees and shrubs is native to the U.S. and Mexico. They are commonly known as Locust Trees or False Acacias. These trees will grow well in poor, dry soil and in salty, sandy soil near the sea. They are suitable for growing along roads and in cities. R. Pseudoacacia (Black Locust, Yellow Locust or False Acacia) is a...
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<botany> A large North American tree of the genus Robinia (R. Pseudacacia), producing large slender racemes of white, fragrant, papilionaceous flowers, and often cultivated as an ornamental tree. In England it is called acacia. ... The name is also applied to other trees of different genera, especially to those of the genus Hymenaea, of which...
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Lo'cust tree` [ Etymol. uncertain.]
(Botany) A large North American tree of the genus
Robinia (
R. Pseudacacia ), producing large slender racemes of white, fragrant, papilionaceous flowers, and often cultivated as an ornamental tree. In England it is called
acacia . » The name is also applied t...
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n] - any of various hard-wooded trees of the family Leguminosae
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locust noun any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae
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Another name for the carob, a small tree of the Mediterranean region. It is also the name of several North American trees of the legume family (Leguminosae)
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