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grapple plant
noun
- a procumbent, thorny plant, Harpagophytum procumbens, of southern Africa.
grapple plant
noun
- a herbaceous plant, Harpagophytum procumbens, of southern Africa, whose fruits are covered with large woody barbed hooks: family Pedaliaceae Also calledwait-a-bit
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of grapple plant1
First recorded in 1815–25
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“The poor creature has got this seed-vessel of the grapple plant into his mouth,” he said, exhibiting it.
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David, who examined it, said it came from the plant Uncaria procumbens; or grapple plant.
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