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Meaning of ROBINIA

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  deciduous flowering trees and shrubs
 
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 Synonyms: genus Robinia
 
 See Also: black locust, bristly locust, clammy locust, moss locust, Papilionoideae, Robinia hispida, Robinia pseudoacacia, Robinia viscosa, rose acacia, rosid dicot genus, subfamily Papilionoideae, yellow locust

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ro*bin"i*a\, n. [NL. So called after Jean Robin, a
French herbalist.] (Bot.)
A genus of leguminous trees including the common locust of
North America ({Robinia Pseudocacia}).
 

 

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