Honey Locust (Noun)
Meaning
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.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The park featured several tall honey locust trees with long twisting seed pods hanging from their branches.
- In many areas the honey locust is planted as an ornamental shade tree.
- A distinctive characteristic of the honey locust tree is its clusters of thorns that can grow up to 3 inches long.
- Honey locust wood is valued for furniture making due to its hardness and resistance to decay.
- Farmers have historically used honey locust trees as natural fences to mark their property boundaries.