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DEVIL'S WALKING STICK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does devil's walking stick mean? 

DEVIL'S WALKING STICK (noun)
  The noun DEVIL'S WALKING STICK has 1 sense:

1. small deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub of eastern United Statesplay

  Familiarity information: DEVIL'S WALKING STICK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DEVIL'S WALKING STICK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub of eastern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

American angelica tree; Aralia spinosa; devil's walking stick; Hercules'-club

Hypernyms ("devil's walking stick" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("devil's walking stick" is a member of...):

genus Aralia (type genus of Araliaceae; large widely distributed genus of shrubs and trees and vines: spikenard; Hercules'-club)


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