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    CAT'S-CLAW

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds; West Indies and Floridaplay

    Synonyms:

    black bead; cat's-claw; catclaw; Pithecellobium unguis-cati

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("cat's-claw" is a kind of...):

    bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

    Holonyms ("cat's-claw" is a member of...):

    genus Pithecellobium; genus Pithecolobium; Pithecellobium; Pithecolobium (thorny shrubs and trees of tropical and subtropical America and Asia)

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