rose acacia

rose acacia
noun
large shrub or small tree of the eastern United States having bristly stems and large clusters of pink flowers
Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush
Member Holonyms: ↑Robinia, ↑genus Robinia

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noun

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a small tree, Robinia hispida, of the legume family, native to the southeastern U.S., having drooping clusters of large, dark rose-colored flowers.
[1810-20]

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rose acacia,
a shrub of the pea family, a variety of locust, with large, rose-colored flowers, growing in the mountains from Virginia to Georgia.

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  • rose acacia — ☆ rose acacia n. a shrubby plant (Robinia hispida) of the pea family, with bristly stems and large, rose colored flowers, native to the SE U.S. and often cultivated …   English World dictionary

  • rose acacia — a small tree, Robinia hispida, of the legume family, native to the southeastern U.S., having drooping clusters of large, dark rose colored flowers. [1810 20] * * * …   Universalium

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