false acacia

English

Noun

false acacia (plural false acacias)

1. A deciduous tree, of species Robinia pseudoacacia, native to the United States; the black locust.
   • 1950 July, “Traveller's Joy”, in Railway Magazine, page ii (advertisement):

     The taproots of trees like the false acacia, growing between Park Royal and Alperton, thrust deeply into the ground, while the spreading roots of the silver birch stitch the soil.

Translations

black locust — see black locust