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noun
A North American deciduous tree (Gleditsia triacanthos) having fragrant flowers, hard red wood, and conspicuous thorns.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
tall usually spiny North American tree having small greenish-white flowers in drooping racemes followed by long twisting seed pods; yields very hard durable reddish-brown wood; introduced to temperate Old World
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Gleditsia triacanthos
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: locust tree, locust
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