释义 |
honey locust noun 1. a. (1) : a tall usually spiny No. American tree (Gleditsia triacanthos) that has bipinnate leaves, small greenish flowers in drooping racemes followed by long twisted pods containing seeds resembling beans and separated by a sweet edible pulp, and very hard durable reddish or reddish brown wood (2) : locust 3a(2) (3) : clammy locust b. : the wood of a honey locust 2. a. : mesquite 1a; especially : any of various large arborescent tropical American mesquites with strong heavy wood b. : the wood of such a tropical American mesquite |