locust-tree

  • 81black locust — /blæk ˈloʊkəst/ (say blak lohkuhst) noun the durable wood of the American tree Robinia pseudoacacia …

  • 82african locust — noun Usage: usually capitalized A : a plant of the genus Parkia; especially : a tree (P. africana) …

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  • 83new mexican locust — noun Usage: usually capitalized N&M : a thorny shrub or small tree (Robinia mexicana) of dry rocky uplands of the southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico that is an important browse plant …

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  • 84west indian locust — noun Usage: usually capitalized W&I : a tropical American tree (Hymenaea courbaril) yielding hard brown wood used for building and having bijugate leaves, white flowers, and woody pods containing an edible pulp …

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  • 85Acridium perigrinum — Locust Lo cust, n. [L. locusta locust, grasshopper. Cf. {Lobster}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of long winged, migratory, orthopterous insects, of the family {Acridid[ae]}, allied to the grasshoppers; esp., ({Edipoda migratoria},… …

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  • 86Cyllene robiniae — Locust Lo cust, n. [L. locusta locust, grasshopper. Cf. {Lobster}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of long winged, migratory, orthopterous insects, of the family {Acridid[ae]}, allied to the grasshoppers; esp., ({Edipoda migratoria},… …

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  • 87Edipoda migratoria — Locust Lo cust, n. [L. locusta locust, grasshopper. Cf. {Lobster}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of long winged, migratory, orthopterous insects, of the family {Acridid[ae]}, allied to the grasshoppers; esp., ({Edipoda migratoria},… …

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  • 88grasshoppers — Locust Lo cust, n. [L. locusta locust, grasshopper. Cf. {Lobster}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of long winged, migratory, orthopterous insects, of the family {Acridid[ae]}, allied to the grasshoppers; esp., ({Edipoda migratoria},… …

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  • 89Pachytylus migratoria — Locust Lo cust, n. [L. locusta locust, grasshopper. Cf. {Lobster}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of long winged, migratory, orthopterous insects, of the family {Acridid[ae]}, allied to the grasshoppers; esp., ({Edipoda migratoria},… …

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  • 90acacia — Locust tree Lo cust tree . [Etymol. uncertain.] (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… …

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