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Yellow Locust

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Noun

1. black locust, robinia pseudoacacia, yellow locust

large thorny tree of eastern and central United States having pinnately compound leaves and drooping racemes of white flowers; widely naturalized in many varieties in temperate regions

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Yellow Locust

see synonyms of yellow locust
noun
1. 
any of numerous orthopterous insects of the genera Locusta, Melanoplus, etc, such as L. migratoria, of warm and tropical regions of the Old World, which travel in vast swarms, stripping large areas of vegetation
See also grasshopper (sense 1), Compare seventeen-year locust
2. Also called: locust tree, false acacia
a North American leguminous tree, Robinia pseudoacacia, having prickly branches, hanging clusters of white fragrant flowers, and reddish-brown seed pods
3. 
the yellowish durable wood of this tree
4. 
any of several similar trees, such as the honey locust and carob

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Yellow Locust

see synonyms of yellow locust
noun
1. 
any of various large grasshoppers; specif., a migratory grasshopper often traveling in great swarms and destroying nearly all vegetation in areas visited
2. 
seventeen-year locust
3. 
a. 
a spiny tree (Robinia pseudoacacia) of the pea family, native to the E or Central U.S. and having long pendulous racemes of fragrant white flowers
: also called black locust or yellow locust
b. 
the yellowish, hard, durable wood of this tree
4. 
any honeylocust
5. 
carob (sense 1)

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