HyperDic: genus_gleditsia

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Gleditsia:
NOUNplantgenus Gleditsia, Gleditsiadeciduous trees
English > genus Gleditsia: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningdeciduous trees: honey locusts.
SynonymGleditsia
Member ofCaesalpinioideae, subfamily CaesalpinioideaeAlternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae
Membershoney locust, Gleditsia triacanthostall usually spiny North American tree having small greenish-white flowers in drooping racemes followed by long twisting seed pods
water locust, swamp locust, Gleditsia aquaticahoney locust of swamps and bottomlands of southern United States having short oval pods
Broaderrosid dicot genusA genus of dicotyledonous plants
Spanishgenus gleditsia, gleditsia
Catalangenus gleditsia, gleditsia

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