Hercules'-club

Definition of 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.
2.A small, prickly, deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub (Aralia spinosa) of eastern U.S.; also called Angelica tree and prickly ash.
3.A variety of the common gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris). Its fruit sometimes exceeds five feet in length.

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genus Zanthoxylum, Hercules'-clubs, Hercules-club, prickly ash, Zanthoxylum, Zanthoxylum clava-herculis
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