black locust

English

Black locust
alternate, pinnately compound leaves

Pronunciation

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Noun

black locust (plural black locusts)

1. 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.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black,‎ locust.

Synonyms

• (Robinia pseudoacacia): false acacia, yellow locust

Translations

Robinia pseudoacacia

• Albanian: drizë e butë (sq) f, akacie (sq) f, bagren (sq) m, sallgam (sq) m
• Arabic: شَجَرَةُ الْجَرَادِ f (šajaratu l-jarādi), سَنْطٌ كَاذِبٌ m (sanṭun kāḏibun)
• Basque: sasiakazia
• Belarusian: гарошнік m (haróšnik), бе́лая ака́цыя f (bjélaja akácyja), (informal) ака́цыя f (akácyja)
• Bulgarian: салкъ́м (bg) m (salkắm), бял салкъ́м m (bjal salkắm), бя́ла ака́ция f (bjála akácija)
• Catalan: acàcia borda f, robínia f
• Czech: akát (cs) m
• Dutch: robinia (nl) f
• Finnish: valeakaasia (fi)
• French: robinier (fr) m, robinier faux-acacia (fr) m, faux-acacia (fr) m, acacia blanc (fr) m
• German: Robinie (de) f, Scheinakazie f
• Hungarian: akác (hu), fehér akác (hu)
• Irish: crann lócaiste m
• Italian: robinia (it) f
• Japanese: 針槐 (ja) (ハリエンジュ, harienju)
• Korean: 아까시나무 (ko) (akkasinamu)
• Macedonian: багрем m (bagrem), бел багрем m (bel bagrem)
• Occitan: robínia f, falsa-acàcia f
• Polish: robinia (pl) f
• Portuguese: acácia-bastarda f, acácia-branca f, falsa-acácia f
• Romanian: salcâm (ro) m
• Russian: бе́лая ака́ция f (bélaja akácija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ба̀грем m

  Latin: bàgrem (sh) m

• Slovak: agát biely (sk)
• Swedish: robinia c, falsk akacia c
• Turkish: yalancı akasya (tr), salkım ağacı (tr)
• Welsh: ffug acasia f, pren locust m

References

• Robinia pseudoacacia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Robinia pseudoacacia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Robinia pseudoacacia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• black locust at USDA Plants database