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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ROBINIA

Ro **bin "i *a, n. Etym: [NL. So called after Jean Robin, a French herbalist. ] (Bot. )

Defn: A genus of leguminous trees including the common locust of North America (Robinia Pseudocacia ).

New American Oxford Dictionary

robinia

robinia |rəˈbɪnɪə | ▶noun a North American tree or shrub of a genus that includes the false acacia. ●Genus Robinia, family Leguminosae. ORIGIN modern Latin, named after Jean and Vespasien Robin, 17th -cent. French gardeners to the royal family in Paris.

Oxford Dictionary

robinia

robinia |rəˈbɪnɪə | ▶noun a North American tree or shrub of a genus that includes the false acacia. ●Genus Robinia, family Leguminosae. ORIGIN modern Latin, named after Jean and Vespasien Robin, 17th -cent. French gardeners to the royal family in Paris.

Spanish Dictionary

robinia

robinia nombre femenino Árbol de América del Norte muy parecido a la acacia, que en Europa tiene un uso ornamental .