black locust

1. 1.

   strong stiff wood of a black-locust tree; very resistant to decay

   Broaderwood
2. 2.

   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

   Synonymsyellow locustRobinia pseudoacacia

   Broaderlocust tree

   Part ofRobinia

Questions about black locust

What does black locust mean?

black locust means "strong stiff wood of a black-locust tree; very resistant to decay". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for black locust?

Close synonyms include yellow locust, Robinia pseudoacacia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is black locust a common word?

black locust is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.