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    BLACK LOCUST

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    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 regionsplay

    Synonyms:

    black locust; Robinia pseudoacacia; yellow locust

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("black locust" is a kind of...):

    locust; locust tree (any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae)

    Meronyms (substance of "black locust"):

    black locust (strong stiff wood of a black-locust tree; very resistant to decay)

    Holonyms ("black locust" is a member of...):

    genus Robinia; Robinia (deciduous flowering trees and shrubs)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Strong stiff wood of a black-locust tree; very resistant to decayplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("black locust" is a kind of...):

    wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)

    Holonyms ("black locust" is a substance of...):

    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)

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