| NOUN | plant | black locust | strong stiff wood of a black-locust tree |
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| plant | black locust, yellow locust, Robinia pseudoacacia | large thorny tree of eastern and central United States having pinnately compound leaves and drooping racemes of white flowers |
| Meaning | Strong stiff wood of a black-locust tree; very resistant to decay. | |
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| Broader | wood | The hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees |
| Substance of | black locust, yellow locust, Robinia pseudoacacia | large thorny tree of eastern and central United States having pinnately compound leaves and drooping racemes of white flowers |
| 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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| Synonyms | yellow locust, Robinia pseudoacacia | |
| Member of | Robinia, genus Robinia | deciduous flowering ... / flowering trees and shrubs |
| Broader | locust tree, locust | Any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae |
| Substances | black locust | Strong stiff wood of a black-locust tree |
| Catalan | Robinia pseudoacacia | |
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