单词 | black locust |
释义 | > as lemmasblack locust black locust n. the North American false acacia, Robinia pseudoacacia, having thorny branches and dense clusters of white heavily-scented flowers and widely grown as an ornamental and formerly as a timber tree; (also) the heavy, durable wood of this tree, used esp. for fencing and shipbuilding; also called locust tree; cf. robinia n. ΚΠ 1792 H. Toulmin Descr. Kentucky 75 The soil is deep and black, and the natural growth, large walnuts, honey and black locust, poplar, elm, hickory, sugar tree, &c. 1822 J. Flint Lett. from Amer. 229 The black locust is strong, heavy, not much subject to warping. 1861 All Year Round 2 Feb. 401/2 This is the black locust; mark the fruit hanging down in great black pods, like enormous scarlet-runners gone to seed. 1908 Proc. Amer. Railway Engin. Assoc. 9 731 Black locust is a hard wood, durable in contact with the soil. 2005 C. Tudge Secret Life Trees ix. 186 Best known is R. pseudacacia, otherwise known as the false acacia or black locust, which was introduced to Europe in the 1700s and selected for the navy. < as lemmas |
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