false acacia

British  

noun

1. the locust tree See locust

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Example Sentences

Some furnishings — and the firewood — are made from false acacia culled from the forest.

From New York Times

And cutting back that false acacia of yours?

From The Guardian

Robinia, rō-bin′i-a, n. a genus of leguminous trees and shrubs—the Locust-tree, the False Acacia, Thorn Acacia, often simply Acacia.

From Project Gutenberg

Robinia, in honor of Jean Robin, of France; pseudacacia, means false acacia.

From Project Gutenberg

Although the Locust, or False Acacia, is little planted now, it is only paying the penalty for having had its merits enormously exaggerated; just as human reputations sometimes sink into oblivion after a season of popularity achieved by the persistent "booming" of influential friends.

From Project Gutenberg