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Gleditschia monosperma
Locust tree Lo"cust tree` [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.) A large North American tree of the genus Robinia (R. Pseudacacia), producing large slender racemes of white, fragrant, papilionaceous flowers, and often cultivated as an ornamental tree. In England it is called acacia. Note: The name is also applied to other trees of different genera, especially to those of the genus Hymen[ae]a, of which H. Courbaril is a lofty, spreading tree of South America; also to the carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua), a tree growing in the Mediterranean region. Honey locust tree (Bot.), a tree of the genus Gleditschia ) G. triacanthus), having pinnate leaves and strong branching thorns; -- so called from a sweet pulp found between the seeds in the pods. Called also simply honey locust. Water locust tree (Bot.), a small swamp tree (Gleditschia monosperma), of the Southern United States.
Gleditschia monosperma
Water locust Wa"ter lo"cust (Bot.) A thorny leguminous tree (Gleditschia monosperma) which grows in the swamps of the Mississippi valley.
Gleditschia triacanthos
Honey Hon"ey, n. [OE. honi, huni, AS. hunig; akin to OS. honeg, D. & G. honig, OHG. honag, honang, Icel. hunang, Sw. h[*a]ning, Dan. honning, cf. Gr. ? dust, Skr. kaa grain.] 1. A sweet viscid fluid, esp. that collected by bees from flowers of plants, and deposited in the cells of the honeycomb. 2. That which is sweet or pleasant, like honey. The honey of his language. --Shak. 3. Sweet one; -- a term of endearment. --Chaucer. Honey, you shall be well desired in Cyprus. --Shak. Note: Honey is often used adjectively or as the first part of compound; as, honeydew or honey dew; honey guide or honeyguide; honey locust or honey-locust. Honey ant (Zo["o]l.), a small ant (Myrmecocystus melliger), found in the Southwestern United States, and in Mexico, living in subterranean formicares. There are larger and smaller ordinary workers, and others, which serve as receptacles or cells for the storage of honey, their abdomens becoming distended to the size of a currant. These, in times of scarcity, regurgitate the honey and feed the rest. Honey badger (Zo["o]l.), the ratel. Honey bear. (Zo["o]l.) See Kinkajou. Honey buzzard (Zo["o]l.), a bird related to the kites, of the genus Pernis. The European species is P. apivorus; the Indian or crested honey buzzard is P. ptilorhyncha. They feed upon honey and the larv[ae] of bees. Called also bee hawk, bee kite. Honey creeper (Zo["o]l.), one of numerous species of small, bright, colored, passerine birds of the family C[oe]rebid[ae], abundant in Central and South America. Honey easter (Zo["o]l.), one of numerous species of small passerine birds of the family Meliphagid[ae], abundant in Australia and Oceania; -- called also honeysucker. Honey flower (Bot.), an evergreen shrub of the genus Melianthus, a native of the Cape of Good Hope. The flowers yield much honey. Honey guide (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of small birds of the family Indicatorid[ae], inhabiting Africa and the East Indies. They have the habit of leading persons to the nests to wild bees. Called also honeybird, and indicator. Honey harvest, the gathering of honey from hives, or the honey which is gathered. --Dryden. Honey kite. (Zo["o]l.) See Honey buzzard (above). Honey locust (Bot.), a North American tree (Gleditschia triacanthos), armed with thorns, and having long pods with a sweet pulp between the seeds. Honey month. Same as Honeymoon. Honey weasel (Zo["o]l.), the ratel.

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- Caesalpiniodes ****ze (1891), nom. superfl. Garugandra Griseb. (1879) Gleditschia Scop. Garugandra Griseb. (1879) Melilobus Mitch. (1769) Pogocybe Pierre...
- The honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos), also known as the thorny locust or thorny honeylocust, is a deciduous tree in the family Fabaceae, native to...
- Veterum et Praecipue Graecorum ac Romanorum. Vol. 2 Part 1. Libraria Gleditschia. p. 1379. "Genius, wearing modius on head, holding a wreath; military...
- (family Fabaceae) is named in his honor, as is the botanical journal Gleditschia. In Berlin-Schöneberg, a thoroughfare called Gleditschstraße bears his...
- recorded from Maryland, Illinois, Ohio and Kentucky. The larvae feed on Gleditschia triacanthos. Periploca at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other...
- Diospyros kaki Eriobotrya ****onica Erythrina crista-galli Feijoa sellowiana Gleditschia triacanthos Hovenia dulcis Juglans regia Macfadyena unguis-cati Maclura...
- India. Krutzsch, W. 1985. Über Nepenthes-Pollen im europäischen Tertiär. Gleditschia 13: 89–93. Saxena, R.K. & G.K. Trivedi 2006. "A Catalogue of Tertiary...
- hippocastanum Juglandaceae - Juglans regia, Juglans nigra Leguminsosae - Gleditschia triacanthos, Laburnum alpinum, Laburnum anagyroides, Robinia pseudoacacia...
- Krutzsch, W (1985). "Über Nepenthes-Pollen im europäischen Tertiär". Gleditschia. 13: 89–93. Krutzsch, W (1989). "Paleogeography and historical phytogeography...
- 145–171. Krutzsch, W. 1985. Über Nepenthes-Pollen im europäischen Tertiär. Gleditschia 13: 89–93. Krutzsch, W. 1989. Paleogeography and historical phytogeography...