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Zanthoxylum clava-herculis
(gcide) | Hercules'-club \Hercules'-club\, Hercules'-club
\Hercules'-club\, Hercules-club \Hercules-club\prop. n.
1. (Bot.) A densely spiny ornamental tree ({Zanthoxylum
clava-herculis}) of the rue family, growing in southeast
U. S. and West Indies. [WordNet sense 1]
Note: It belongs to the same genus as one of the trees
(Zanthoxylum Americanum) called prickly ash.
Syn: Hercules'-clubs, Hercules-club, {Zanthoxylum
clava-herculis}.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
2. A small, prickly, deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub
(Aralia spinosa) of eastern U.S.; also called {Angelica
tree} and prickly ash. [WordNet sense 2]
Syn: American angelica tree, devil's walking stick, {Aralia
spinosa}.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
3. A variety of the common gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris). Its
fruit sometimes exceeds five feet in length.
[1913 Webster] |
zanthoxylum clava-herculis
(wn) | Zanthoxylum clava-herculis
n 1: densely spiny ornamental of southeastern United States and
West Indies [syn: Hercules'-club, Hercules'-clubs,
Hercules-club, Zanthoxylum clava-herculis] |
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