black locust

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black locust - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  black locust
      n 1: strong stiff wood of a black-locust tree; very resistant to
           decay
      2: 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 [syn: black locust, yellow locust, Robinia   pseudoacacia
         ]