honeylocust

honeylocust
honeylocust [hun′ēlō′kəst ]
n.
any of a genus (Gleditsia) of trees of the caesalpinia family, esp. a North American species ( G. triacanthos) usually having strong, thorny branches, featherlike foliage, and large, twisted pods containing beanlike seeds and a sweet pulp

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honey locust n.
Any of several trees of the genus Gleditsia, especially G. triacanthos, having deciduous, pinnately compound leaves, small flowers in racemes, and large, often twisted, indehiscent pods.

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