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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024lo•cust /ˈloʊkəst/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Insectsa grasshopper having short antennae and commonly migrating in swarms that strip the vegetation from large areas.
- Insectsany of various cicadas, as the seventeen-year locust.
- Plant Biologya North American tree of the legume family, having clusters of fragrant white flowers.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024lo•cust (lō′kəst),USA pronunciation n. - InsectsAlso called acridid, short-horned grasshopper. any of several grasshoppers of the family Acrididae, having short antennae and commonly migrating in swarms that strip the vegetation from large areas.
- Insectsany of various cicadas, as the seventeen-year locust.
- Plant Biologyany of several North American trees belonging to the genus Robinia, of the legume family, esp. R. pseudoacacia, having pinnate leaves and clusters of fragrant white flowers.
- the durable wood of this tree.
- Plant Biologyany of various other trees, as the carob and the honey locust.
- Latin locusta grasshopper
- Middle English 1150–1200
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: locust /ˈləʊkəst/ n - any of numerous orthopterous insects of the genera Locusta, Melanoplus, etc, such as L. migratoria, of warm and tropical regions of the Old World, which travel in vast swarms, stripping large areas of vegetation
See also grasshopper
Also called: locust tree, false acacia a North American leguminous tree, Robinia pseudoacacia, having prickly branches, hanging clusters of white fragrant flowers, and reddish-brown seed pods- the yellowish durable wood of this tree
- any of several similar trees, such as the honey locust and carob
Etymology: 13th Century (the insect): from Latin locusta locust; applied to the tree (C17) because the pods resemble locustsˈlocust-ˌlike adj |