catclaw

[ kat-klaw ]

noun

1. a prickly plant, Schrankia nutallii, of the legume family, native to the midwestern U.S. having pinnate leaves and tiny pink flowers forming a spherical cluster.
2. cat's-claw.

Word History and Origins

Origin of catclaw¹

cat ( def ) + claw

Example Sentences

A little brown rabbit skipped around a bunch of catclaw and sat twitching his whiskers and looking humorously at Givens.

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His face and hands were torn with catclaw, his knee bruised by a slip against a sharp jut of quartz.

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Dinsmore, his face in the catclaw, gave a smothered cry for help.

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She gathered ironwood and catclaw while he watched her vigilantly.

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