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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. densely spiny ornamental of southeastern United States and West Indies;
[syn: Hercules'-club, Hercules'-clubs, Hercules-club, Zanthoxylum clava-herculis]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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]