A kind of beetle, Megacyllene robiniae, that feeds as a larva on black locust trees in eastern North America.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of locust

plural of locust

Any of the grasshoppers, often polyphenic and usually swarming, in the family Acrididae that are very destructive to crops and other vegetation, (especially) the migratory locust (Locusta migratoria).

(intransitive) To come in a swarm.

A vegetable gum extracted from the seeds of the carob (locust beans) and used as a food additive; chemically, it is a galactomannan.

A seed of the carob tree.

A honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos), a leguminous tree with pods having a sweet, edible pulp. / A black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia), a leguminous tree with toxic pods, but useful for making honey.

plural of locust bean

plural of locust tree