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. [wns=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.
2. A small, prickly, deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub (Aralia spinosa) of eastern U.S.; also called Angelica tree and prickly ash. [wns=2]
Syn: -- 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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Zanthoxylum clava-herculis
n : densely spiny ornamental of southeastern United States and
West Indies [syn: Hercules'-club, Hercules'-clubs, Hercules-club]