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Meaning of WATER LOCUST

Pronunciation:  'wotur 'lowkust

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [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
 
 See Also: genus Gleditsia, Gleditsia, locust, locust tree

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 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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