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HERCULES'-CLUBS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Densely spiny ornamental of southeastern United States and West Indies
Synonyms:
Hercules'-club; Hercules'-clubs; Hercules-club; Zanthoxylum clava-herculis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Hercules'-clubs" is a kind of...):
prickly ash (any of a number of trees or shrubs of the genus Zanthoxylum having spiny branches)
Holonyms ("Hercules'-clubs" is a member of...):
genus Zanthoxylum; Zanthoxylum (deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs: prickly ash)