grapple plant


noun
  1. a procumbent, thorny plant, Harpagophytum procumbens, of southern Africa.

Origin of grapple plant

1
First recorded in 1815–25

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. Kingston
  • David, 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
  1. 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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