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locust tree

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locust tree

In botany, any of several trees of the genera Robinia and Gleditsia of the legume family, with primate compound leaves and many-seeded pods, of the eastern USA. The black locust R. pseudoacacia and the honeylocust G. triacanthos are examples. The name locust tree is also applied to the carob, a small European tree.



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It was idle, however, to imagine that an airy guest from Monument Mountain, Bald Summit, and old Graylock, shaggy with primeval forests, could see anything to admire in my poor little hillside, with its growth of frail and insect-eaten locust trees.
Tanglewood Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
All along the streets, on both sides, at the outer edge of the brick sidewalks, stood locust trees with trunks protected by wooden boxing, and these furnished shade for summer and a sweet fragrancer in spring, when the clusters of buds came forth.
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