cat's claw

plural cat's claws

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cat, claw.
2. Any of several species of plant having parts resembling the claw of a cat.
   1. Senegalia greggii, formerly Acacia greggii, a tree species native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico
   2. Senegalia lowei (syn. Acacia plumosa, feathery acacia), a medicinal plant species native to Brazil
   3. Carpobrotus edulis (Hottentot fig), a plant species in the Aizoaceae family
   4. Dolichandra unguis-cati (cat's claw creeper), a Central American climbing vine of the Bignoniaceae family
   5. Grevillea alpina (catclaws grevillea, a shrub species native to Australia
   6. Martynia annua (small-fruit devil's-claw, tiger's-claw, iceplant), a plant species endemic to Brazil
   7. Mimosa nuttallii (formerly Schrankia nuttalli), a plant native to the Midwestern United States
   8. Uncaria guianensis, a plant species found in Guyana
   9. Uncaria rhynchophylla, a plant species used in traditional Chinese medicine
   10. Uncaria tomentosa, a plant species found in the tropical jungles of South and Central America
   11. Biancaea decapetala (Mauritius thorn, Mysore thorn, caniroc, shoofly, woody wait-a-whiile), a thorny evergreen shrub of India
3. Caesalpinia crista (cadoque)