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HERCULES'-CLUB

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

HERCULES'-CLUB (noun)
  The noun HERCULES'-CLUB has 2 senses:

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

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

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


 Dictionary entry details 


HERCULES'-CLUB (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'-club" is a kind of...):

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

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

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


Sense 2

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

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

Holonyms ("Hercules'-club" 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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