YELLOW LOCUST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does yellow locust mean? 

• YELLOW LOCUST (noun)
  The noun YELLOW LOCUST has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: YELLOW LOCUST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• YELLOW LOCUST (noun)

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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

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

black locust; Robinia pseudoacacia; yellow locust

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

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

Meronyms (substance of "yellow locust"):

black locust (strong stiff wood of a black-locust tree; very resistant to decay)

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

genus Robinia; Robinia (deciduous flowering trees and shrubs)