DEVIL'S CLAW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does devil's claw mean? 

• DEVIL'S CLAW (noun)
  The noun DEVIL'S CLAW has 1 sense:

1. annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak

  Familiarity information: DEVIL'S CLAW used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEVIL'S CLAW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

common devil's claw; common unicorn plant; devil's claw; elephant-tusk; Proboscidea louisianica; proboscis flower; ram's horn

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

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

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

genus Proboscidea; Proboscidea (in some classifications included in the genus Martynia and hence the two taxonomic names for some of the unicorn plants)

 Context examples 

An herbal combination of two plants, devil's claw (Harpagophytum procumbens) and jambul (Eugenia jambolana) that may be administered both orally and topically in various formulations.

(Devil's Foot/Jambul, NCI Thesaurus)

Devil's claw has been used as a tonic, as a hypoglycemic, to cleanse the lymph system, and in the treatment of arthritis, rheumatism, and skin cancer.

(Devils Claw, NCI Thesaurus)

Devil's claw has been used as a tonic, as a hypoglycemic, to cleanse the lymph system, and in the treatment of arthritis and rheumatism.

(Devil's Foot/Jambul, NCI Thesaurus)