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PITHECELLODIUM UNGUIS-CATI
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Pithecellodium unguis-cati mean?
• PITHECELLODIUM UNGUIS-CATI (noun)
The noun PITHECELLODIUM UNGUIS-CATI has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: PITHECELLODIUM UNGUIS-CATI used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PITHECELLODIUM UNGUIS-CATI (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
black bead; cat's-claw; catclaw; Pithecellodium unguis-cati
Hypernyms ("Pithecellodium unguis-cati" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches)
Holonyms ("Pithecellodium unguis-cati" is a member of...):
genus Pithecellobium; genus Pithecolobium; Pithecellobium; Pithecolobium (thorny shrubs and trees of tropical and subtropical America and Asia)
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