| 单词 | water locust |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater locust water locust n. (in full water locust tree) a honey locust tree native to swamps and damp river valleys in the south-eastern United States; the swamp locust, Gleditsia aquatica (family Fabaceae ( Leguminosae)). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > gleditschia or honey locust honey locust1709 gleditsia1760 water locust1813 three-thorned acacia1818 1813 F. A. Michaux Histoire des Arbres Forestiers de l'Amérique Septentrionale III. 169 (heading) Gleditsia monosperma. The Water Locust. 1871 Ann. Rep. Acclimatisation Soc. Victoria 51 The Water Locust tree of North America..will grow in swamps to 80 feet. 1915 Science 12 Feb. 227/2 The most striking feature of these lake successions..is the stage dominated by the tupelo, bald cypress and water locust. 2009 Northeastern Naturalist 16 558 It [sc. the Evening Bat] maintained roost fidelity to a Gleditsia aquatica Marsh. (Water Locust) tree located in an undisturbed bottomland hardwood stand. < as lemmas |
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