Gleditsia triacanthos

Definitions of Gleditsia triacanthos

1. noun

   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
   synonyms: honey locust

   type of:

   locust, locust tree

   any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae