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Hercules'-club
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☆ Hercules'·-club (-klub′)
noun
- a small, very spiny tree (Aralia spinosa) of the ginseng family, with clusters of small, white flowers, found in the E U.S.; devil's walking stick
- a spiny tree or shrub (Zanthoxylum clava-herculis) of the rue family, native to the S U.S.; prickly ash
Etymology: in allusion to the club borne by Hercules
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