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单词 honey locust
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Definition of honey locust in English:

honey locust

noun
  • A spiny tree of the pea family, grown as an ornamental for its fernlike foliage.

    Genus Gleditsia, family Leguminosae: several species

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A favorite stroll in Riverside Park takes me past a row of honey locust trees.
    • American elm, honey locust, and box elder line the small creek, whose waters ultimately flow into the Iowa River.
    • Now that it was night, he was unsure if it was a black locust tree or a honey locust tree; black locust trees' pods were toxic, honey locust's perfectly fine.
    • Trees can be planted in pastures for nuts, fruit, or even animal fodder in the case of honey locust and its nutritious pods.
    • Near the terrace of one of the college buildings was a row of planted thornless honey locust trees.
    • When you're here, head straight to the honey locust tree, which stood right next to our 16th president on that cold, fateful day in November 1863.
    • These extinct American herbivores once dispersed the seeds of such big-fruited plants as honey locust, Kentucky coffee tree, and Osage orange, all of which produce fruits that no native animal today regards as food.
 
 

Definition of honey locust in US English:

honey locust

noun
  • A tree of the pea family with long branched thorns, although a thornless variety has been cultivated and is typically grown as an ornamental for its fernlike foliage.

    Genus Gleditsia, family Leguminosae: several species, in particular the North American G. triacanthos, the pods of which contain a sweet pulp

    Example sentencesExamples
    • These extinct American herbivores once dispersed the seeds of such big-fruited plants as honey locust, Kentucky coffee tree, and Osage orange, all of which produce fruits that no native animal today regards as food.
    • Trees can be planted in pastures for nuts, fruit, or even animal fodder in the case of honey locust and its nutritious pods.
    • Now that it was night, he was unsure if it was a black locust tree or a honey locust tree; black locust trees' pods were toxic, honey locust's perfectly fine.
    • When you're here, head straight to the honey locust tree, which stood right next to our 16th president on that cold, fateful day in November 1863.
    • A favorite stroll in Riverside Park takes me past a row of honey locust trees.
    • American elm, honey locust, and box elder line the small creek, whose waters ultimately flow into the Iowa River.
    • Near the terrace of one of the college buildings was a row of planted thornless honey locust trees.
 
 
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