false acacia meaning

noun
One of the shrubs and trees of the N American genus Robinia, to which the locust tree also belongs

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Also the invasive false Acacia ( Robinia ) is widely spread.
Trees include beech, lime, tulip, holm oak and false acacia.
Surrounding these are the Learning Forest, which offers hiking paths, with the background of Ezo alder, Ezo spruce, magnolia and false acacia trees.
In common parlance, the term " acacia " is occasionally applied to species of the genus " Robinia ", which also belongs in the pea family . " Robinia pseudoacacia ", an American species locally known as black locust, is sometimes called " false acacia " in cultivation in the United Kingdom and throughout Europe.