black locust
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1. 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 (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | locust, locust tree, |
| definition | : | any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae (noun.plant) |
| substance holonym | : | black locust, |
| definition | : | strong stiff wood of a black-locust tree; very resistant to decay (noun.plant) |
2. strong stiff wood of a black-locust tree; very resistant to decay (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | wood, |
| definition | : | the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees (noun.substance) |
| substance meronym | : | black locust, robinia pseudoacacia, yellow locust, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
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