| Pronunciation: | | 'wotur 'lowkust
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WordNet Dictionary |
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[n] honey locust of swamps and bottomlands of southern United States having short oval pods; yields dark heavy wood |
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| | Synonyms: | | Gleditsia aquatica, swamp locust |
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| | See Also: | | genus Gleditsia, Gleditsia, locust, locust tree |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Wa"ter lo"cust\ (Bot.)
A thorny leguminous tree ({Gleditschia monosperma}) which
grows in the swamps of the Mississippi valley.
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