| black locust n. A deciduous tree (Robinia pseudoacacia) in the pea family, native to the eastern and central United States and having alternate, pinnately compound leaves, spiny stipules, and hanging clusters of fragrant, creamy-white flowers. |
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| Noun | 1. |  black locust - strong stiff wood of a black-locust tree; very resistant to decayRobinia pseudoacacia, yellow locust, black 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 wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees |
| 2. |  black 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 regionslocust tree, locust - any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae genus Robinia, Robinia - deciduous flowering trees and shrubs black locust - strong stiff wood of a black-locust tree; very resistant to decay |
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