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nounany of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae
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nounhardwood from any of various locust treestype of:
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nounmigratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennaetype of:
Definition that contains locust
- locust hardwood from any of various locust trees
- gleditsia aquatica honey locust of swamps and bottomlands of southern United States having short oval pods; yields dark heavy wood
- locustidae short-horned grasshoppers; true locusts
- courbaril West Indian locust tree having pinnate leaves and panicles of large white or purplish flowers; yields very hard tough wood
- order orthoptera grasshoppers and locusts; crickets
- genus magicicada seventeen-year locust
- acrididae short-horned grasshoppers; true locusts
- water locust honey locust of swamps and bottomlands of southern United States having short oval pods; yields dark heavy wood
- hymenaea courbaril West Indian locust tree having pinnate leaves and panicles of large white or purplish flowers; yields very hard tough wood
- magicicada seventeen-year locust