locust tree

/ˌloʊkəst tri/

Other forms: locust trees

Definitions of locust tree

1. noun

   any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae
   synonyms: locust

   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