robinia

British  

/ rəˈbɪnɪə /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

Chance led me under a robinia or iron-wood tree, the trunk of which will defy the best-tempered axe.

From Adventures of a Young Naturalist by Gillmore, Parker

We proceeded along its valley, where colossal planes and elms, as well as robinia and willows, afforded a welcome shade.

From Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII by Maximilian, Alexander Philipp

In the construction of cells, on the other hand, I see smooth leaves predominating, notably those of the wild briar and of the common acacia, the robinia.

From Bramble-Bees and Others by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

The White-girdled Leaf-cutter likes the robinia, to which she adds, in lavish proportions, the vine, the rose and the hawthorn and sometimes, in moderation, the reed and the whitish-leaved rock-rose.

From Bramble-Bees and Others by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

Here is the true homeland of many of the show-plants in the flower-gardens of Europe, as, for instance, the peony, the Siberian robinia, the blue iris, &c.

From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Leslie, Alexander, fl. 1879-1882