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BLACK LOCUST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
black locust; Robinia pseudoacacia; yellow locust
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("black locust" is a kind of...):
locust; locust tree (any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae)
Meronyms (substance of "black locust"):
black locust (strong stiff wood of a black-locust tree; very resistant to decay)
Holonyms ("black locust" is a member of...):
genus Robinia; Robinia (deciduous flowering trees and shrubs)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Strong stiff wood of a black-locust tree; very resistant to decay
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("black locust" is a kind of...):
wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)
Holonyms ("black locust" is a substance of...):
black locust; Robinia pseudoacacia; yellow 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)
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