robinia(n = noun.plant) genus robinia - deciduous flowering trees and shrubs;
is a kind of rosid dicot genus
is a member of papilionoideae, subfamily papilionoideae
A genus of leguminous trees including the common locust of North America (
robinia, n. any N. American tree or shrub of the genus Robinia, e.g. a locust tree or false acacia.
Etymology:
mod.L, f. J. Robin, 17th-c. French gardener
genus robinia, robinia hispida, robinia pseudoacacia, robinia viscosa