English noun: yellow locust | |||
1. | yellow locust (plant) 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 | ||
Synonyms | black locust, Robinia pseudoacacia | ||
Broader (hypernym) | locust, locust tree | ||
Member meronym | genus Robinia, Robinia | ||
Substance holonym | black locust | ||