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ROBINIA , or See also:LOCUST-See also:- TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
- TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )
TREE, a genus of about six See also:species native of the See also:United States and See also:Mexico, belonging to the sub-See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order Papilionaceae of the See also:great See also:family See also:Leguminosae. It was named by See also:Linnaeus in See also:honour of See also:Jean See also:Robin (1550-1629), herbalist to the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:France and his son and successor, Vespasien Robin (1579–1660) by whom the best-known species, Robinia Pseudacacia, was introduced into See also:Europe, in the J'ardin du Roi at See also:Paris in 1636. This tree, the See also:bastard See also:acacia, or false acacia, and often called erroneously acacia, is now widely cultivated as an ornamental tree in this See also:country and on the See also:European See also:continent. It grows from 30 to 6o ft. high, and bears See also:long, graceful, See also:compound leaves with 9 to 17 See also:bright See also:green oblong leaflets, and See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white fragrant See also:flowers in loose pendulous racemes, recalling the See also:laburnum in See also:habit. There are many varieties in See also:English gardens varying in the method of growth, the presence or See also:absence of thorns (persistent spinose stipules) on the branches and the See also:colour of the See also:flower.
• In the eastern United States, where it is native, it grows from 70 to 8o ft. high with a See also:trunk 3 or 4 ft. in See also:diameter. It is one of the most valuable See also:timber trees of the See also:American See also:forest. The See also:wood is heavy, very hard, strong, See also:close-grained and durable, and is extensively used in See also:shipbuilding, also for posts and other purposes where durability in contact with the ground is essential.
Like many See also:plants of the same family, the leaves show See also:sleep See also:movement, folding together at See also:night and in dull or wet See also:weather; for this See also:reason it is less injurious than many trees to plants growing in its shade, as the See also:rain is able more quickly to reach the ground beneath.
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