robinia

British  

/ rəˈbɪnɪə /

noun

1. any tree of the leguminous genus Robinia , esp the locust tree See locust

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Example Sentences

Robinia pseudoacacia ‘Twisty Baby’ is a small locust tree with crooked stems and beguiling curly leaves.

From Seattle Times

Those most able to weather the climate crisis are robinia, plane, and sweet and horse chestnut trees.

From The Guardian

Various hardy ornamental trees are also increased in this way, as the quince, elm, robinia and mulberry, and the rose amongst shrubs.

From Project Gutenberg

Proleptic branches may also be due to the shooting out of accessory buds—i.e. extra buds found in or near the leaf-axils of many plants, such as Willow, Maples, Cercis, Robinia, Syringa, Aristolochia, etc.—which do not normally come to anything, or do so only if a surplus of food materials is provided.

From Project Gutenberg

The country consists of high hills and forests, and we frequently saw the robinia, pseud-acacia, which is partly planted for the sake of its timber, potatoes, 65 clover, and corn, which was now in the ear.

From Project Gutenberg