PITHECELLODIUM UNGUIS-CATI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pithecellodium unguis-cati mean? 

• PITHECELLODIUM UNGUIS-CATI (noun)
  The noun PITHECELLODIUM UNGUIS-CATI has 1 sense:

1. erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds; West Indies and Florida

  Familiarity information: PITHECELLODIUM UNGUIS-CATI used as a noun is very rare.

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• PITHECELLODIUM UNGUIS-CATI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds; West Indies and Florida

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

black bead; cat's-claw; catclaw; Pithecellodium unguis-cati

Hypernyms ("Pithecellodium unguis-cati" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Pithecellodium unguis-cati" is a member of...):

genus Pithecellobium; genus Pithecolobium; Pithecellobium; Pithecolobium (thorny shrubs and trees of tropical and subtropical America and Asia)