"false acacia" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: false acacias [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} false acacia (plural false acacias)
  1. A deciduous tree, Robinia pseudoacacia, native to the United States; the black locust. Categories (lifeform): Legumes

Inflected forms

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