black locust

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Black locust
compound leaves

Noun

black locust (plural black locusts)

  1. A tree, Robinia pseudoacacia, in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae, native to the southeastern United States, but widely planted and naturalized elsewhere in temperate North America, Europe and Asia; considered an invasive species in some areas.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black,‎ locust.

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