Locusta

noun

1. A genus of orthopterous insects founded by Linnæus (1748), made type of the Locustariæ of Latreille (1807).
2. [lowercase; pl. locustæ (-tē).] In botany, the spikelet of grasses.
3. The spikelet or flower cluster of grasses.
4. The spikelet or flower cluster of grasses.
5. a genus of Acrididae