noun
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 Florida
• Syn: ↑cat's-claw, ↑black bead, ↑Pithecellodium unguis-cati
• Member Holonyms: ↑Pithecellobium, ↑genus Pithecellobium, ↑Pithecolobium, ↑genus Pithecolobium
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variant of cat's-claw
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/kat"klaw'/, n.
1. a prickly plant, Schrankia nutallii, of the legume family, native to the midwestern U.S. having pinnate leaves and tiny pink flowers forming a spherical cluster.
2. cat's-claw.
[CAT1 + CLAW]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.