Hercules'-club

Definitions of Hercules'-club
  1. noun
    densely spiny ornamental of southeastern United States and West Indies
    synonyms: Hercules'-clubs, Hercules-club, Zanthoxylum clava-herculis
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    type of:
    prickly ash
    any of a number of trees or shrubs of the genus Zanthoxylum having spiny branches
  2. noun
    small deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub of eastern United States
    synonyms: American angelica tree, Aralia spinosa, devil's walking stick
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    type of:
    bush, shrub
    a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
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