Hercules' club

noun

An American spikenard (Aralia spinosa).

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Meanings

nounHercules' club (plural Hercules' clubs)

plural Hercules' clubs

  1. Either of two not closely related trees with thorny bark:
    1. An American spikenard (Aralia spinosa).
    2. A toothache tree (Zanthoxylum clava-herculis).
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Chicago

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