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n. - Erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds.

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Usage examples (5)
  • Well known cat's-claw and cactus clumps had disappeared.
  • It is about thi'ee miles wide by five long, and is covered with a thorny thicket in which the "cat's-claw" or
  • Rhoda yawned, rose sleepily, looked under her blanket and shook her, head irritably, then dragged her blankets toward the neighboring cat's-claw.
  • He must have an angelic disposition who can walk a mile through bushes covered with the "cat's-claw" or "wait-a-bit" vine and emerge in a serene frame of mind.
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