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yellow locust

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Noun1.yellow locust - large thorny tree of eastern and central United States having pinnately compound leaves and drooping racemes of white flowersyellow 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
locust 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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FAMILY NAMES Robinia pseudoacacia of the Family Leguminosae OTHER NAMES Black locust, false acacia, robinia, honey locust, pea flower, post locust, yellow locust, green locust and white locust.
Following in the wake of the American chestnut are red mulberries, hickories, red and black oak, and yellow locust - that last a rot-resistant cove species known among early colonists as "shipmast locust" and distinguished locally from the junk black locust that sprouts in open fields and makes a bad fence.
 
 
 
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