locust : Idioms & Phrases

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black locust

  • noun strong stiff wood of a black-locust tree; very resistant to decay
  • noun 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
    Robinia pseudoacacia; black locust.
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bristly locust

  • noun large shrub or small tree of the eastern United States having bristly stems and large clusters of pink flowers
    rose acacia; Robinia hispida; bristly locust.
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Camel locust

  • (Zoöl.), the mantis.
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clammy locust

  • noun small rough-barked locust of southeastern United States having racemes of pink flowers and glutinous branches and seeds
    Robinia viscosa.
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Honey locust

  • noun tall usually spiny North American tree having small greenish-white flowers in drooping racemes followed by long twisting seed pods; yields very hard durable reddish-brown wood; introduced to temperate Old World
    Gleditsia triacanthos.
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  • (Bot.), a North American tree (Gleditschia triacanthos), armed with thorns, and having long pods with a sweet pulp between the seeds.
Webster 1913

Honey locust tree

  • (Bot.), a tree of the genus Gleditschia ) G. triacanthus), having pinnate leaves and strong branching thorns; so called from a sweet pulp found between the seeds in the pods. Called also simply honey locust.
Webster 1913

Locust bean

  • noun long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute
    algarroba bean; carob bean; algarroba; carob; locust bean.
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  • (Bot.), a commercial name for the sweet pod of the carob tree.
Webster 1913

Locust beetle

  • (Zoöl.), a longicorn beetle (Cyllene robiniæ), which, in the larval state, bores holes in the wood of the locust tree. Its color is brownish black, barred with yellow. Called also locust borer.
Webster 1913

Locust bird

  • (Zoöl.) the rose-colored starling or pastor of India. See Pastor.
Webster 1913

Locust hunter

  • (Zoöl.), an African bird; the beefeater.
Webster 1913

locust pod

  • noun long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute
    algarroba bean; carob bean; algarroba; carob; locust bean.
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locust tree

  • noun any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae
    locust.
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Lo"cust tree`
Etymology
Etymol. uncertain.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A large North American tree of the genus Robinia (R. Pseudacacia), producing large slender racemes of white, fragrant, papilionaceous flowers, and often cultivated as an ornamental tree. In England it is called acacia. ✍ The name is also applied to other trees of different genera, especially to those of the genus Hymenæa, of which H. Courbaril is a lofty, spreading tree of South America; also to the carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua), a tree growing in the Mediterranean region.
Webster 1913

Migratory locust

  • noun Old World locust that travels in vast swarms stripping large areas of vegetation
    Locusta migratoria.
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  • (Zoöl.) See Locust.
Webster 1913

moss locust

  • noun large shrub or small tree of the eastern United States having bristly stems and large clusters of pink flowers
    rose acacia; Robinia hispida; bristly locust.
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Praying insect, locust, ∨ mantis

  • (Zoöl.), a mantis, especially Mantis religiosa. See Mantis.
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Rocky Mountain locust

  • (Zoöl.), the Western locust, or grasshopper. See Grasshopper.
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seventeen-year locust

  • noun North American cicada; appears in great numbers at infrequent intervals because the nymphs take 13 to 17 years to mature
    Magicicada septendecim; periodical cicada.
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swamp locust

  • noun honey locust of swamps and bottomlands of southern United States having short oval pods; yields dark heavy wood
    Gleditsia aquatica; swamp locust.
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water locust

  • noun honey locust of swamps and bottomlands of southern United States having short oval pods; yields dark heavy wood
    Gleditsia aquatica; swamp locust.
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Wa"ter lo"cust
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A thorny leguminous tree (Gleditschia monosperma) which grows in the swamps of the Mississippi valley.
Webster 1913

Water locust tree

  • (Bot.), a small swamp tree (Gleditschia monosperma), of the Southern United States.
Webster 1913

yellow locust

  • noun 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
    Robinia pseudoacacia; black locust.
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