HyperDic: swamp_locust

English > 1 sense of the expression swamp locust:
NOUNplantswamp locust, water locust, Gleditsia aquaticahoney locust of swamps and bottomlands of southern United States having short oval pods
English > swamp locust: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninghoney locust of swamps and bottomlands of southern United States having short oval pods; yields dark heavy wood.
Synonymswater locust, Gleditsia aquatica
Member ofGleditsia, genus Gleditsiadeciduous trees
Broaderlocust tree, locustAny of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae

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