SWAMP LOCUST

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Honey locust of swamps and bottomlands of southern United States having short oval pods; yields dark heavy wood

Synonyms:

Gleditsia aquatica; swamp locust; water locust

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("swamp locust" is a kind of...):

locust; locust tree (any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae)

Holonyms ("swamp locust" is a member of...):

genus Gleditsia; Gleditsia (deciduous trees: honey locusts)