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honey locust
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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.
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
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Noun1.honey locusthoney 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


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About a University of Illinois program to remove weak-limbed honey locusts from its quad, he observes that "the threat of liability will do wonders for campus beautification.
Christmas Critics by Birnbaum, Ben / Commonweal
An inventory to identify exactly where the most crape myrtle, Canary Island pines, eucalyptus, American sweet gums, honey locusts and the myriad other varieties are located is a couple of years away, he said.
TREE TRIMMING : GROWING PROBLEM SOWING DISCONTENT by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Fig trees, cherries, honey locusts, ornamental pears, Indian hawthorns, Japanese yew pines, palms, European olives, crape-myrtles - almost any species can be found in cities, depending on the local climate.
Vestpocket forests ... in unusual places by Davis, Norah Deakin / American Forests
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