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Definition of Bristly locust

1. Noun. Large shrub or small tree of the eastern United States having bristly stems and large clusters of pink flowers.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bristly Locust

Literary usage of Bristly locust

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Trees and Shrubs of Central Park by Louis Harman Peet (1903)
"The bristly locust is easily identified by its bristly branches and locust leaves. It sprawls about beautifully here, directly opposite the southeasterly ..."

2. Trees in Winter: Their Study, Planting, Care and Identification by Albert Francis Blakeslee, Chester Deacon Jarvis (1913)
"... prickles are less well developed and its twigs are covered with a sticky glandular coating. The bristly locust [Robinia ..."

3. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"The bristly locust (Robinia hispida, Linn.), a garden shrub with large crimson flowers and bristly hairs covering its shoots, is probably the most common ..."

4. Our Trees, how to Know Them by Clarence Moores Weed (1918)
"... sometimes called the bristly locust. In the extreme Southwestern States there is a shrub-like Locust, called commonly the New Mexican Locust and ..."

5. Field Book of American Trees and Shrubs: A Concise Description of the by Ferdinand Schuyler Mathews (1915)
"A shrub 3-8 feet high, the twigs, bristly locust branches, and leaf-stems conspicuously Rose Acacia bristly-hairy, but in many characters 7? ..."

6. Trees of the Northern United States: Their Study, Description and by Austin Craig Apgar (1892)
"A small tree, 30 to 40 ft. high; native south, and has been quite extensively cultivated north. 3. Robinia hispida, L. (bristly locust. ..."

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