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Hercules-club   Listen
proper noun
Hercules-club, Hercules'-club  n.  
1.
(Bot.) A densely spiny ornamental tree (Zanthoxylum clava-herculis) of the rue family, growing in southeast U. S. and West Indies. Note: It belongs to the same genus as one of the trees (Zanthoxylum Americanum) called prickly ash.
Synonyms: Hercules'-clubs, Hercules-club, Zanthoxylum clava-herculis.
2.
A small, prickly, deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub (Aralia spinosa) of eastern U.S.; also called Angelica tree and prickly ash.
Synonyms: American angelica tree, devil's walking stick, Aralia spinosa.
3.
A variety of the common gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris). Its fruit sometimes exceeds five feet in length.





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Words linked to "Hercules-club" :   Zanthoxylum, genus Zanthoxylum, prickly ash, Hercules'-club, Zanthoxylum clava-herculis, Hercules'-clubs


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