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cat's-claw
[ kats-klaw ]
noun
- a spiny shrub or small tree, Pithecellobium unguis-cati, of Central America, having greenish-yellow flowers and reddish, spirally twisted pods.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of cat's-claw1
First recorded in 1750–60
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Now and then they would find a piece of his clothing and see places where he had run into the fox-tail cactus, cat's-claw and other thorny bushes.
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Well known cat's-claw and cactus clumps had disappeared.
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There was little said after that until they came abreast of the cat's-claw near the road.
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Rhoda yawned, rose sleepily, looked under her blanket and shook her, head irritably, then dragged her blankets toward the neighboring cat's-claw.
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Besides these food plants of the desert, we have the cat's-claw, mesquite and cholla shrubs for fuel; the bear-grass and yuccas for camp-building.
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