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honey-pod
honey-pod n. U.S. (now rare) the sweet fruits of either the honey locust, Gleditsia triacanthos, or of a honey mesquite (genus Prosopis); (also) any of the trees themselves (more fully honey-pod locust, honey-pod tree).
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1787 T. Jefferson Let. 7 Feb. in Papers (1955) XI. 121 Gleditsia triacanthos. Honey pod locust.
1859 T. J. Page La Plata viii. 130 The Algorroba, one of the mimosæ, produces a fruit similar in taste (though smaller) to our honey-pod.
1870 Country Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 45/1 The Colorado District is characterized by the presence of the giant cacti,..the honey pod, Algarobia glandulosa, [etc.].
1921 Bull. N.Y. Bot. Garden 11 166 Mesquit bean. Honey pod. Algarroba.—The fruit of Prosopis juliflora.
1958 Crisis Aug. 461/2 An old slave auction block which stood beneath a honey-pod tree.
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