black locust

Noun
  1. Strong stiff wood of a black-locust tree;
    Very resistant to decay (synset 112589011)
    is a type of: wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
    substance meronym: black locust, robinia pseudoacacia, yellow locust - 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
  2. 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 (synset 112588691)
    is a type of: locust, locust tree - any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae
    belongs to: genus robinia, robinia - deciduous flowering trees and shrubs
    substance holonym: black locust - strong stiff wood of a black-locust tree; very resistant to decay
    same as: robinia pseudoacacia, yellow locust

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