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Noun: yellow locust  'ye-low'low-kust
  1. 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
    - black locust, Robinia pseudoacacia

Derived forms: yellow locusts

Type of: locust, locust tree

Part of: genus Robinia, Robinia

Encyclopedia: Yellow locust

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