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Definition of Clammy locust

1. Noun. Small rough-barked locust of southeastern United States having racemes of pink flowers and glutinous branches and seeds.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clammy Locust

Literary usage of Clammy locust

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

1. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"... curved spines on its twigs, and its new growth bears glandular but not viscid hairs. The flowers are rosy THE clammy locust (Robinia ..."

2. History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania: From the Discovery of the by George Smith (1862)
"(clammy locust.) TEPHROSIA, Pers. Virginiana, Pers. Hills near the Gulf. DESMODIUM, DC. nudiflorum, DC. acuminatum, DC. rotundifolium, DC. cuspidatum, Tor. ..."

3. Our Trees, how to Know Them by Clarence Moores Weed (1918)
"THE clammy locust THE clammy locust is easily distinguished by the viscid exudation on the twigs, pods and leaf-stalks. It is a more southern form than the ..."

4. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1913)
"The clammy locust (R. viscosa) and the moss locust (R. hispida) are to be ... The petals of the clammy locust are pale pink, but the calyx is tinged with ..."

5. A Practical Guide to Garden Plants by John Weathers (1901)
"clammy locust.—A N. American tree 20-40 ft. high. ... Although not such a free grower as the False Acacia, the clammy locust is nevertheless a desirable ..."

6. Annual Report of the Association of Ontario Land Surveyors by Association of Ontario Land Surveyors (1900)
"Robinia viscosa (clammy locust). The latter is the smaller of the two trees. The chief distinction is that the leaf stems and branchlets of the clammy ..."

7. Bulletin by North Carolina Dept. of Conservation and Development, North Carolina Geological Survey (1883-1905), North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1894)
"clammy locust. (/) Twigs smooth, bearing prominent brown buds ; leaflets sharply toothed, smooth ; flowers white, small, in large clusters ; fruit small, ..."

8. Trees in Winter: Their Study, Planting, Care and Identification by Albert Francis Blakeslee, Chester Deacon Jarvis (1913)
"They separate the Common Locust from the Honey Locust when the characteristic branched thorns are not present on the latter species. The clammy locust ..."

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