locust

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: locust

1	n	migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae
2	n	any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: locust

Types:: Locusta migratoria, migratory locust
Old World locust that travels in vast swarms stripping large areas of vegetation; migratory grasshopper
serious pest of grain-growing and range areas of central and western United States

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; Hymenaea courbaril, courbaril
West Indian locust tree having pinnate leaves and panicles of large white or purplish flowers; yields very hard tough wood; Gleditsia aquatica, swamp locust, water locust
honey locust of swamps and bottomlands of southern United States having short oval pods; yields dark heavy wood; Gleditsia triacanthos, honey locust
tall usually spiny North American tree having small greenish-white flowers in drooping racemes followed by long twisting seed pods; yields very hard durable reddish-brown wood; introduced to temperate Old World; Robinia pseudoacacia, black locust, 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; Robinia viscosa, clammy locust
small rough-barked locust of southeastern United States having racemes of pink flowers and glutinous branches and seeds

Type of:: tree
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

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