locust

• Now there is a tree in the country where St. John retired, which is called the locust-tree, and produces a large sweet bean, shaped like the common French bean, but nearly a foot long, which is very palatable and nutritious. —  The Mission; or Scenes in Africa
• The honey locust is also a legume and produces nitrogen which, in turn, is used by the pasture grasses and makes more pasture for the cattle The mulberry tree that ripens when cherries are ripe has a value in the fact that every mulberry eaten by a bird saves a cherry and the birds are valuable because they destroy insects that cause the worms in cherries After observing trees for years, I am convinced that there are certain strains or families of trees in the forest that have outstanding traits. —  Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952
• I distinguish in these thickets the honey-locust, with its long purple legumes, the "algarobo" (carob-tree), and the thorny "mezquite"; and, rising over all the rest, I descry the tall, slender stem of the Fouquiera splendens_, with panicles of cube-shaped crimson flowers There is less of animal life here; but even these wild ridges have their denizens. —  The Rifle Rangers
• A newsboy clicking out of space like a locust, shouted "Extra!" —  The Seventh Noon
• There is a North American locust which is quite famous as a musician. —  Chatterbox, 1905.

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