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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:

Nouns denoting plants

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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