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A tall, deciduous tree, Robinia pseudoacacia, in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family (Fabaceae), native to the southeastern United States, having pinnately compound leaves, spiny stipules, long drooping racemes of fragrant, creamy-white flowers, and strong stiff wood that is rather resistant to decay; considered an invasive species in some areas.
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, locust.
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large thorny tree of eastern and central United States having pinnately compound leaves and drooping racemes of white flowers; widely naturalized in many varieties in temperate regions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: yellow locust, Robinia pseudoacacia
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: locust tree, locust
strong stiff wood of a black-locust tree; very resistant to decay
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: wood
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Across languages
Translations
49 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Albanian:
drizë e butë
— Robinia pseudoacacia
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Albanian:
akacie
— Robinia pseudoacacia
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Albanian:
bagren
— Robinia pseudoacacia
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Albanian:
sallgam
— Robinia pseudoacacia
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Arabic:
شَجَرَةُ الْجَرَادِ
(šajaratu l-jarādi)
— Robinia pseudoacacia
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Arabic:
سَنْطٌ كَاذِبٌ
(sanṭun kāḏibun)
— Robinia pseudoacacia
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Basque:
sasiakazia
— Robinia pseudoacacia
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Belarusian:
гарошнік
(haróšnik)
— Robinia pseudoacacia
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Belarusian:
бе́лая ака́цыя
(bjélaja akácyja)
— Robinia pseudoacacia
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Belarusian:
ака́цыя
(akácyja)
— Robinia pseudoacacia
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Bulgarian:
салкъ́м
(salkǎ́m)
— Robinia pseudoacacia
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Bulgarian:
бял салкъ́м
(bjal salkǎ́m)
— Robinia pseudoacacia
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Bulgarian:
бя́ла ака́ция
(bjála akácija)
— Robinia pseudoacacia
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Catalan:
acàcia borda
— Robinia pseudoacacia
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Catalan:
robínia
— Robinia pseudoacacia
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Czech:
akát
— Robinia pseudoacacia
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Dutch:
robinia
— Robinia pseudoacacia
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Finnish:
valeakaasia
— Robinia pseudoacacia
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French:
robinier
— Robinia pseudoacacia
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French:
robinier faux-acacia
— Robinia pseudoacacia
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French:
faux-acacia
— Robinia pseudoacacia
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French:
acacia blanc
— Robinia pseudoacacia
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German:
Robinie
— Robinia pseudoacacia
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German:
Scheinakazie
— Robinia pseudoacacia
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Hungarian:
akác
— Robinia pseudoacacia
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Hungarian:
fehér akác
— Robinia pseudoacacia
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Irish:
crann lócaiste
— Robinia pseudoacacia
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Italian:
robinia
— Robinia pseudoacacia
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Japanese:
針槐
(harienju)
— Robinia pseudoacacia
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Korean:
아까시나무
(akkasinamu)
— Robinia pseudoacacia
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Macedonian:
багрем
(bagrem)
— Robinia pseudoacacia
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Macedonian:
бел багрем
(bel bagrem)
— Robinia pseudoacacia
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Occitan:
robínia
— Robinia pseudoacacia
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Occitan:
falsa-acàcia
— Robinia pseudoacacia
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Polish:
robinia
— Robinia pseudoacacia
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Portuguese:
acácia-bastarda
— Robinia pseudoacacia
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Portuguese:
acácia-branca
— Robinia pseudoacacia
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Portuguese:
falsa-acácia
— Robinia pseudoacacia
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Romanian:
salcâm
— Robinia pseudoacacia
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Russian:
бе́лая ака́ция
(bélaja akácija)
— Robinia pseudoacacia
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Serbo-Croatian:
ба̀грем
— Robinia pseudoacacia
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Serbo-Croatian:
bàgrem
— Robinia pseudoacacia
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Slovak:
agát biely
— Robinia pseudoacacia
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Swedish:
robinia
— Robinia pseudoacacia
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Swedish:
falsk akacia
— Robinia pseudoacacia
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Turkish:
yalancı akasya
— Robinia pseudoacacia
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Turkish:
salkım ağacı
— Robinia pseudoacacia
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Welsh:
ffug acasia
— Robinia pseudoacacia
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Welsh:
pren locust
— Robinia pseudoacacia
