HyperDic: water_locust

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

English > *water 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	swamp locust, Gleditsia aquatica
Member of	Gleditsia, genus Gleditsia	deciduous trees
Broader	locust tree, locust	Any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae