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Meanings of locust in English

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garrofer

Any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae.

garrofer
Usage of locust in English
1
Aerial spraying is the only effective way to control the locust outbreak.
Independent.ie
2
So you see that the locust tree is certainly rich in relations.
Among the Trees at Elmridge
3
Perhaps in twenty years, like a locust, it would rise to fly.
Winter’s Tale
4
So one locust went in and carried away a grain of corn.
Children's Classics in Dramatic Form, Book Two
5
Then another locust went in and carried away a grain of corn.
Children's Classics in Dramatic Form, Book Two
6
Then another locust went in and carried away another grain of corn.
Children's Classics in Dramatic Form, Book Two
7
He can never get back the years which the locust has eaten.
The Atonement and the Modern Mind
8
The old man made a sound like the noise of a locust.
Little Busybodies: The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, an...
9
Other families we saw had brought with them and planted the locust.
Summer on the Lakes, in 1843
10
Gordon loosened his knife and tightened his grip on the locust stick.
Police Your Planet
11
The girl caught at a cluster of locust blossoms that floated near.
Literary Love-Letters and Other Stories
12
They're all up on the stage trying to get the locust effect.
The Way of Ambition
13
The crickets and peeps come out; a locust drones his slow tune.
A Little Girl of Long Ago; Or, Hannah Ann / A Sequel to a Little...
14
The nearest locust trees were a grove at least a mile away.
The new yorker
15
The locust scene was a triumph for Crayford, Mr. Mulworth, and Jimber.
The Way of Ambition
16
One day he gave one of them a sovereign for a locust.
Three Elephant Power, and Other Stories
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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