Hercules-club

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hercules'-club \Hercules'-club\, Hercules'-club
  \Hercules'-club\, Hercules-club \Hercules-club\prop. n.
     1. (Bot.) A densely spiny ornamental tree ({Zanthoxylum
        clava-herculis}) of the rue family, growing in southeast
        U. S. and West Indies. [WordNet sense 1]
  


     Note: It belongs to the same genus as one of the trees
           ({Zanthoxylum Americanum}) called {prickly ash}.
  
     Syn: Hercules'-clubs, Hercules-club, {Zanthoxylum
          clava-herculis}.
          [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. A small, prickly, deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub
        ({Aralia spinosa}) of eastern U.S.; also called {Angelica
        tree} and {prickly ash}. [WordNet sense 2]
  
     Syn: American angelica tree, devil's walking stick, {Aralia
          spinosa}.
          [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
  
     3. A variety of the common gourd ({Lagenaria vulgaris}). Its
        fruit sometimes exceeds five feet in length.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Hercules'-club
       n 1: densely spiny ornamental of southeastern United States and
            West Indies [syn: {Hercules'-clubs}, {Hercules-club}, {Zanthoxylum
            clava-herculis}]
       2: small deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub of eastern
          United States [syn: {American angelica tree}, {devil's
          walking stick}, {Aralia spinosa}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Hercules-club
       n : densely spiny ornamental of southeastern United States and
           West Indies [syn: {Hercules'-club}, {Hercules'-clubs}, {Zanthoxylum
           clava-herculis}]