honey locust

honey locust

n.

Any of several trees of the genus Gleditsia, especially G. triacanthos, having deciduous, pinnately compound leaves, small flowers in racemes, and large, often twisted, indehiscent pods.

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honey locust

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a thorny leguminous tree, Gleditsia triacanthos of E North America, that has long pods containing a sweet-tasting pulp

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) another name for mesquite

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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 Gleditsia triacanthos locust tree, locust - any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae genus Gleditsia, Gleditsia - deciduous trees: honey locusts