HERCULES'-CLUBS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hercules'-clubs mean? 

• HERCULES'-CLUBS (noun)
  The noun HERCULES'-CLUBS has 1 sense:

1. densely spiny ornamental of southeastern United States and West Indies

  Familiarity information: HERCULES'-CLUBS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HERCULES'-CLUBS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Densely spiny ornamental of southeastern United States and West Indies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Hercules'-club; Hercules'-clubs; Hercules-club; Zanthoxylum clava-herculis

Hypernyms ("Hercules'-clubs" is a kind of...):

prickly ash (any of a number of trees or shrubs of the genus Zanthoxylum having spiny branches)

Holonyms ("Hercules'-clubs" is a member of...):

genus Zanthoxylum; Zanthoxylum (deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs: prickly ash)