cat's-claw

American  

[kats-klaw] / ˈkætsˌklɔ /

noun

1. a spiny shrub or small tree, Pithecellobium unguis-cati, of Central America, having greenish-yellow flowers and reddish, spirally twisted pods.

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Etymology

Origin of cat's-claw

First recorded in 1750–60

Example Sentences

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cat's-claw

There's a man standing in that clump of cat's-claw ahead.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908 by Various

Now and then they would find a piece of his clothing and see places where he had run into the fox-tail cactus, cat's-claw and other thorny bushes.

From Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle The Father and Founder of the British Mission by Whitney, Orson F.

Then she crept around the cat's-claw, where a man squatted, his eyes blazing with excitement.

From The Heart of the Desert Kut-Le of the Desert by Morrow, Honoré

Rhoda yawned, rose sleepily, looked under her blanket and shook her, head irritably, then dragged her blankets toward the neighboring cat's-claw.

From The Heart of the Desert Kut-Le of the Desert by Morrow, Honoré

Well known cat's-claw and cactus clumps had disappeared.

From The Forbidden Trail by Morrow, Honoré