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"etymology_text": "Named after the \"locusts\" said to have been eaten by John the Baptist, based on the theory that they were really carob pods.",
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"Any of a number of similar looking trees in the genera Gleditsia and Robinia.",
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"An African locust bean tree (Parkia biglobosa)."
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