Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun black_locust

2 senses of black locust

Sense 1
black locust -- (strong stiff wood of a black-locust tree; very resistant to decay)
       => wood -- (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)

Sense 2
black locust, yellow locust, Robinia pseudoacacia -- (large thorny tree of eastern and central United States having pinnately compound leaves and drooping racemes of white flowers; widely naturalized in many varieties in temperate regions)
       => locust tree, locust -- (any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae)