HyperDic: swamp_locust

English > 1 sense of the expression *swamp locust*:
NOUN	plant	swamp locust, water locust, Gleditsia aquatica	honey locust of swamps and bottomlands of southern United States having short oval pods

English > *swamp locust*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	honey locust of swamps and bottomlands of southern United States having short oval pods; yields dark heavy wood.
Synonyms	water locust, Gleditsia aquatica
Member of	Gleditsia, genus Gleditsia	deciduous trees
Broader	locust tree, locust	Any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae