hercules-club

2 definitions found

hercules-club - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

hercules-club - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Hercules-club
      n 1: densely spiny ornamental of southeastern United States and
           West Indies [syn: Hercules'-club, Hercules'-clubs,
           Hercules-club, Zanthoxylum clava-herculis]