honey locust

English - Turkish

Definition of honey locust in English Turkish dictionary

bal keçiboynuzu

English - English

Definition of honey locust in English English dictionary

A North American deciduous tree (Gleditsia triacanthos) having fragrant flowers and hard red wood

Any of several trees of the genus Gleditsia, especially G. triacanthos, having deciduous, pinnately compound leaves, small flowers in racemes, and large, often twisted, indehiscent pods

{i} tall thorny tree of eastern North America

tall usually spiny North American tree having small greenish-white flowers in drooping racemes followed by long twisting seed pods; yields very hard durable reddish-brown wood; introduced to temperate Old World

Related Terms

honey locusts

plural form of honey locust

The honey locust

honeylocust

Hyphenation

hon·ey lo·cust

Turkish pronunciation

hʌni lōkıst

Pronunciation

/ˈhənē ˈlōkəst/ /ˈhʌniː ˈloʊkəst/

Etymology

[ 'h&-nE ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English hony, from Old English hunig; akin to Old High German honag honey, Latin canicae bran.