grapple plant
noun
a procumbent, thorny plant, Harpagophytum procumbens, of southern Africa.
Origin of grapple plant
1First recorded in 1815–25
- Also called wait-a-bit.
Words Nearby grapple plant
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How to use grapple plant in a sentence
“The poor creature has got this seed-vessel of the grapple plant into his mouth,” he said, exhibiting it.
In the Wilds of Africa | W.H.G. KingstonDavid, who examined it, said it came from the plant Uncaria procumbens; or grapple plant.
In the Wilds of Africa | W.H.G. Kingston
British Dictionary definitions for grapple plant
grapple plant
noun
a herbaceous plant, Harpagophytum procumbens, of southern Africa, whose fruits are covered with large woody barbed hooks: family Pedaliaceae: Also called: wait-a-bit
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