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SWAMP LOCUST
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I. (noun)
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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:
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)