noun
1.
a.
(1) : a tall usually spiny No. American tree ( Gleditsia triacanthos ) that has bipinnate leaves, small greenish flowers in drooping racemes followed by long twisted pods containing seeds resembling beans and separated by a sweet edible pulp, and very hard durable reddish or reddish brown wood
(2) : locust 3a(2)
(3) : clammy locust
b. : the wood of a honey locust
2.
a. : mesquite 1a ; especially : any of various large arborescent tropical American mesquites with strong heavy wood
b. : the wood of such a tropical American mesquite