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‖ locusta|ləʊˈkʌstə|
[L.; see locust n.]
†1. A locust. Obs.
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xxxvi. (Baptista) 281 Wyld hony wes his lyflede, & a thinge callit locusta. c1380Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. II. 5 Sum men seien þat locusta is a litil beest good to ete. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xii. xxv. (1495) 429 Locusta hathe that name for he hath longe legges as the shafte of a spere.
2. Bot. The spikelet of grasses. See also quot. 1727–41.
1727–41Chambers Cycl., Locustæ, is used by botanists for the tender extremities of the branches of trees; such as, it is supposed, John the Baptist fed on in the wilderness... Some also used locustæ for the beards, and pendulous seeds, of oats, and of the gramina paniculata; to which the name is given on account of their figure, which something resembles that of a locust. 1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 292 Flowers [of the Grass tribe] in little spikes called locustæ. 1861Bentley Man. Bot. 192 The partial inflorescence of a Grass, which is termed a locusta or spikelet. |