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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Water locust

/wôt'-ẽr lōk'-əst/ · Wa·ter lo·cust · IPA
01 A thorny leguminous tree (Gleditschia monosperma) which grows in the swamps of the Mississippi valley.
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    A thorny leguminous tree (Gleditschia monosperma) which grows in the swamps of the Mississippi valley.(Bot.)