locust tree

Signification (Anglais)

  1. A carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua).
  2. Any of a number of similar looking trees in the genera Gleditsia and Robinia.
  3. Any of a number of similar looking trees in the genera Gleditsia and Robinia.
  4. An African locust bean tree (Parkia biglobosa).

Synonymes

bristly locust

moss locust

rose acacia

common locust

Traductions

acacia falsa

Parkia biglobosa

χαρουπιά

Robinie

falsche Akazie

gewöhnliche Robinie

Silberregen

unechter Akazienbaum

Hymenaea courbaril

Robinia pseudoacacia

acacia blanca

robinia

falsa acacia

Étymologie (Anglais)

Named after the "locusts" said to have been eaten by John the Baptist, based on the theory that they were really carob pods.

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