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Cat's claw

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Noun
  1. 1
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cat, claw.
  2. 2
    Any of several species of plant having parts resembling the claw of a cat.; Senegalia greggii, formerly Acacia greggii, a tree species native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico
  3. 3
    Any of several species of plant having parts resembling the claw of a cat.; Senegalia lowei (syn. Acacia plumosa, feathery acacia), a medicinal plant species native to Brazil
  4. 4
    Any of several species of plant having parts resembling the claw of a cat.; Carpobrotus edulis (Hottentot fig), a plant species in the Aizoaceae family
  5. 5
    Any of several species of plant having parts resembling the claw of a cat.; Dolichandra unguis-cati (cat's claw creeper), a Central American climbing vine of the Bignoniaceae family
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  1. 6
    Any of several species of plant having parts resembling the claw of a cat.; Grevillea alpina (catclaws grevillea, a shrub species native to Australia
  2. 7
    Any of several species of plant having parts resembling the claw of a cat.; Martynia annua (small-fruit devil's-claw, tiger's-claw, iceplant), a plant species endemic to Brazil
  3. 8
    Any of several species of plant having parts resembling the claw of a cat.; Mimosa nuttallii (formerly Schrankia nuttalli), a plant native to the Midwestern United States
  4. 9
    Any of several species of plant having parts resembling the claw of a cat.; Uncaria guianensis, a plant species found in Guyana
  5. 10
    Any of several species of plant having parts resembling the claw of a cat.; Uncaria rhynchophylla, a plant species used in traditional Chinese medicine
  6. 11
    Any of several species of plant having parts resembling the claw of a cat.; Uncaria tomentosa, a plant species found in the tropical jungles of South and Central America
  7. 12
    Any of several species of plant having parts resembling the claw of a cat.; Biancaea decapetala (Mauritius thorn, Mysore thorn, caniroc, shoofly, woody wait-a-whiile), a thorny evergreen shrub of India
  8. 13
    Caesalpinia crista (cadoque)

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