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HERCULES'-CLUBS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hercules'-clubs mean? 

HERCULES'-CLUBS (noun)
  The noun HERCULES'-CLUBS has 1 sense:

1. densely spiny ornamental of southeastern United States and West Indiesplay

  Familiarity information: HERCULES'-CLUBS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HERCULES'-CLUBS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Densely spiny ornamental of southeastern United States and West Indies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Hercules'-club; Hercules'-clubs; Hercules-club; Zanthoxylum clava-herculis

Hypernyms ("Hercules'-clubs" is a kind of...):

prickly ash (any of a number of trees or shrubs of the genus Zanthoxylum having spiny branches)

Holonyms ("Hercules'-clubs" is a member of...):

genus Zanthoxylum; Zanthoxylum (deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs: prickly ash)


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