ALL meanings of locust
lo·cust
L l - noun locust grasshopper 1
- noun locust botany: tree 1
- noun locust wood of locust tree 1
- noun locust Also called acridid, short-horned grasshopper. any of several grasshoppers of the family Acrididae, having short antennae and commonly migrating in swarms that strip the vegetation from large areas. 1
- noun locust any of various cicadas, as the seventeen-year locust. 1
- noun locust any of several North American trees belonging to the genus Robinia, of the legume family, especially R. pseudoacacia, having pinnate leaves and clusters of fragrant white flowers. 1
- noun locust the durable wood of this tree. 1
- noun locust any of various other trees, as the carob and the honey locust. 1
- noun locust A large and mainly tropical grasshopper with strong powers of flight . It is usually solitary, but from time to time there is a population explosion, and it migrates in vast swarms that cause extensive damage to crops. 1
- noun locust grasshoppers, usually swarming, in the family Acrididae that are very destructive to crops and other vegetation. 0
- noun locust A locust tree. 0
- countable noun locust Locusts are large insects that live mainly in hot countries. They fly in large groups and eat crops. 0
- noun locust any of numerous orthopterous insects of the genera Locusta, Melanoplus, etc, such as L. migratoria, of warm and tropical regions of the Old World, which travel in vast swarms, stripping large areas of vegetation 0
- noun locust a North American leguminous tree, Robinia pseudoacacia, having prickly branches, hanging clusters of white fragrant flowers, and reddish-brown seed pods 0
- noun locust the yellowish durable wood of this tree 0
- noun locust any of several similar trees, such as the honey locust and carob 0
- noun locust any of various large grasshoppers; specif., a migratory grasshopper often traveling in great swarms and destroying nearly all vegetation in areas visited 0
- noun locust seventeen-year locust 0
- noun locust a spiny tree (Robinia pseudoacacia) of the pea family, native to the E or Central U.S. and having long pendulous racemes of fragrant white flowers 0
- noun locust the yellowish, hard, durable wood of this tree 0
- noun locust any honeylocust 0
- noun locust carob (sense 1) 0