Definition of "locust-tree" [locust-tree]

• See locust. (noun)
• In New Zealand. Sophora tetraptera. See kowhai. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Pepper-trees very beautiful, and the locust-tree not amiss."
• "A locust-tree in front of the jail had been used for a whipping-post, and they were very desirous that it should be cut down."
• "Such an epithet might have been borne out by the wildness of her looks, the darkness of her eyes, the simple arrangement of her coal-black hair -- which instead of being confined by comb or fillet, was twisted round a thorn cut from the nearest locust-tree -- and by the smallness of her stature, though the lightness and European tinge of her complexion must have instantly disproved the idea."