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YELLOW LOCUST

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• YELLOW LOCUST (noun)
The noun YELLOW LOCUST has 1 sense:

1. 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

Familiarity information: YELLOW LOCUST used as a noun is very rare.

• YELLOW LOCUST (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Robinia pseudoacacia; yellow locust; black locust

Hypernyms ("yellow locust" is a kind of...):

locust; locust tree (any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae)

Meronyms (substance of "yellow locust"):

black locust (strong stiff wood of a black-locust tree; very resistant to decay)

Holonyms ("yellow locust" is a member of...):

genus Robinia; Robinia (deciduous flowering trees and shrubs)

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Useful links:
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Definition of locust
Pronunciation of locust tree
Definition of black locust
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