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‖ Robinia Bot.|rəʊˈbɪnɪə|
[mod.L. (Linnæus), f. Robin, name of the royal gardener at Paris, who introduced these trees to Europe in 1635.]
A genus of North American trees and shrubs of the bean family, chiefly represented by the locust-tree.
1759B. Stillingfl. Misc. Tracts (1762) 186 From that distant countrey we have the robinia's and a honey-suckle. 1786Abercrombie Arr. in Gard. Assist. 32 Robinia, or false acacia. 1841Penny Cycl. XX. 45/2 The best known species of Robinia is the R. pseudacacia, the Bastard or False Acacia, or Locust-tree. Ibid. 46/1 There are two other species..R. viscosa, Clammy Robinia, and R. hispida, Hairy Robinia, or Rose Acacia. 1882Garden 15 July 41/1 The Robinias, except Pseudacacia, are a neglected class of low trees. |