locust tree

Questions about locust tree

What does locust tree mean?

locust tree means "any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae".

What is another word for locust tree?

Close synonyms include locust. 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 locust tree a common word?

locust tree is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.