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Noun

1. 1
   Anything considered ugly or potentially harmful resembling a claw in appearance or behavior
2. 2
   A plant, Harpagophytum procumbens, native to southern Africa, whose tuberous roots are used in folk medicine to reduce pain.
3. 3
   annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak wordnet
4. 4
   Anything considered ugly or potentially harmful resembling a claw in appearance or behavior:; Particularly plants; Harpagophytum spp., especially Harpagophytum procumbens, native to South Africa.
5. 5
   Anything considered ugly or potentially harmful resembling a claw in appearance or behavior:; Particularly plants; Proboscidea spp. (mule grab, unicorn plant)

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6. 6
   Anything considered ugly or potentially harmful resembling a claw in appearance or behavior:; Particularly plants; Ibicella lutea (yellow unicorn plant)
7. 7
   Anything considered ugly or potentially harmful resembling a claw in appearance or behavior:; Particularly plants; Pisonia spp. (catchbird trees)
8. 8
   Anything considered ugly or potentially harmful resembling a claw in appearance or behavior:; Particularly plants; Senegalia greggii (catclaw acacia, formerly Acacia greggii)
9. 9
   A metal hook for grabbing a ship's anchor chain.

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common devil's clawcommon unicorn plantelephant-tuskproboscidea louisianicaproboscis flowerram's horn