robinia [rəˈbɪnɪə]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any tree of the leguminous genus Robinia, esp the locust tree (see locust (sense 2))
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| Noun | 1. |  Robinia - deciduous flowering trees and shrubsrosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants Papilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae - alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae bristly locust, moss locust, Robinia hispida, rose acacia - large shrub or small tree of the eastern United States having bristly stems and large clusters of pink flowers Robinia 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 clammy locust, Robinia viscosa - small rough-barked locust of southeastern United States having racemes of pink flowers and glutinous branches and seeds |
Translations
robinia
n (Bot) → Robinie f, → Scheinakazie f
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