'Hercules'-club' definitions:
Definition of 'Hercules'-club'
From: WordNet
noun
Densely spiny ornamental of southeastern United States and West Indies [syn: Hercules'-club, Hercules'-clubs, Hercules-club, Zanthoxylum clava-herculis]
noun
Small deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub of eastern United States [syn: American angelica tree, devil's walking stick, Hercules'-club, Aralia spinosa]
Definition of 'Hercules'-club'
From: 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]
Definition of 'Hercules'-club'
From: 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]