locust

1. Migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae (synset 102229622)
   is a type of: acridid, short-horned grasshopper - grasshopper with short antennae
   subtypes:

   • locusta migratoria, migratory locust - Old World locust that travels in vast swarms stripping large areas of vegetation
   • migratory grasshopper - serious pest of grain-growing and range areas of central and western United States
2. Hardwood from any of various locust trees (synset 112515901)
   is a type of: wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
   substance meronym: locust, locust tree - any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae
3. Any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae (synset 112515651)
   is a type of: tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
   subtypes:

   • courbaril, hymenaea courbaril - West Indian locust tree having pinnate leaves and panicles of large white or purplish flowers; yields very hard tough wood
   • gleditsia aquatica, swamp locust, water locust - honey locust of swamps and bottomlands of southern United States having short oval pods; yields dark heavy wood
   • gleditsia triacanthos, honey locust - 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
   • 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
   • clammy locust, robinia viscosa - small rough-barked locust of southeastern United States having racemes of pink flowers and glutinous branches and seeds
   belongs to: fabaceae, family fabaceae, family leguminosae, legume family, leguminosae, pea family - a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae
   substance holonym: locust - hardwood from any of various locust trees
   same as: locust tree

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