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Hercules-club

[hur-kyuh-leez-kluhb]

noun

  1. Also called Southern prickly ash.a prickly tree, Zanthoxylum clava-herculis, of the rue family, having a medicinal bark and berries.

  2. Also called angelica tree, devil's-walking-stick, prickly ash.a prickly shrub, Aralia spinosa, of the ginseng family, having a medicinal bark and root.

Hercules'-club

noun

  1. a prickly North American araliaceous shrub, Aralia spinosa, with medicinal bark and leaves

  2. a prickly North American rutaceous tree, Zanthoxylum clava-herculis, with medicinal bark and berries

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Hercules-club1

First recorded in 1680–90

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