Noun: devil's claw
- Annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak
"The devil's claw's distinctive curved seed pods give it its common name";
- common unicorn plant, common devil's claw, elephant-tusk, proboscis flower, ram's horn, Proboscidea louisianica
Derived forms: devil's claws
Type of: herb, herbaceous plant
Part of: genus Proboscidea, Proboscidea
Encyclopedia: Devil's claw