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单词 honey locust
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honey locust
honey locust n. (a) any tree of the genus Gleditsia (see gleditsia n.), the members of which have seed pods with sweet pulp; esp. G. triacanthos, native to eastern and central parts of the United States and introduced elsewhere; (b) = honey mesquite n.
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honey locust1709
gleditsia1760
water locust1813
three-thorned acacia1818
1709 J. Lawson New Voy. Carolina 106 The Honey-Locust would be the fittest for Hedges; because it is very apt to shoot forth many Sprouts and Succours from the Roots.
1814 H. M. Brackenridge Views Louisiana ii. ii. 104 Beautiful woods of tall oak, walnut, mulberry, sassafras, honey locust.
1884 C. S. Sargent Rep. Forests N. Amer. 250 (table) Prosopis juliflora... Mesquit. Algaroba. Honey Locust. Honey Pod... Mexican boundary.
1903 C. H. Snow Principal Species Wood 76 Mesquite, also called honey locust, affords wood that is hard, heavy, and almost indestructible in exposed positions.
1991 J. Chang Wild Swans (1993) xiv. 351 She never used shampoo from the shops.., but would boil the fruit of the Chinese honey locust and use the liquid from that.
2011 S. Levy Once & Future Giants 28 On a hectic street outside Robinson's laboratory in the Bronx grows a honey locust tree.
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