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Definition of Honey locust

1. Noun. Tall usually spiny North American tree having small greenish-white flowers in drooping racemes followed by long twisting seed pods; yields very hard durable reddish-brown wood; introduced to temperate Old World.

Definition of Honey locust

1. Noun. A North American deciduous tree (Gleditsia triacanthos) having fragrant flowers and hard red wood. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Honey Locust

Literary usage of Honey locust

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

1. The Important Timber Trees of the United States: A Manual of Practical by Simon Bolivar Elliott (1912)
"honey locust: Gleditsia triacanthos HERE is a tree which so much resembles the common ... There should be no discrimination made against the honey locust, ..."

2. Biennial Report by Kansas State Horticultural Society (1904)
"... ordinary conditions, the Honey- locust, Osage orange, Russian mulberry and Red cedar are of superior hardiness and may be relied upon for good results. ..."

3. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1784 The honey-locust is curiously surrounded with large thorny spikes, bearing broad and ... 1818 The honey-locust, with its sharp interlocking spines, ..."

4. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"The honey- locust attains a height of 70 or 80 feet. ... The honey-locust is valuable for windbreaks, hedges, and other plantations. ..."

5. Trees and Tree-planting by James Sanks Brisbin (1888)
"General Characteristics Compared with the Honey- Locust. ... THE HONEY-LOCUST. THIS is an admirable hedge-plant and a tree of great value, and on the river ..."

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