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Noun: water locust  'wo-tu(r) 'low-kust
  1. Honey locust of swamps and bottomlands of southern United States having short oval pods; yields dark heavy wood
    "Water locust trees thrived in the Louisiana bayou";
    - swamp locust, Gleditsia aquatica

Derived forms: water locusts

Type of: locust, locust tree

Part of: genus Gleditsia, Gleditsia

Encyclopedia: Water locust