yellow locust

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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 regionsRobinia pseudoacacia, black locustlocust tree, locust - any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosaegenus Robinia, Robinia - deciduous flowering trees and shrubsblack locust - strong stiff wood of a black-locust tree; very resistant to decay