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Noun
cat's claw (plural cat's claws)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cat, claw.
- 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
- Senegalia lowei (syn. Acacia plumosa, feathery acacia), a medicinal plant species native to Brazil
- Carpobrotus edulis (Hottentot fig), a plant species in the Aizoaceae family
- Dolichandra unguis-cati (cat's claw creeper), a Central American climbing vine of the Bignoniaceae family
- Grevillea alpina (catclaws grevillea, a shrub species native to Australia
- Martynia annua (small-fruit devil's-claw, tiger's-claw, iceplant), a plant species endemic to Brazil
- Mimosa nuttallii (formerly Schrankia nuttalli), a plant native to the Midwestern United States
- Uncaria guianensis, a plant species found in Guyana
- Uncaria rhynchophylla, a plant species used in traditional Chinese medicine
- Uncaria tomentosa, a plant species found in the tropical jungles of South and Central America
- Biancaea decapetala (Mauritius thorn, Mysore thorn, caniroc, shoofly, woody wait-a-whiile), a thorny evergreen shrub of India
- Caesalpinia crista (cadoque)
Translations
any plant with parts resembling the claw of a cat
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