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Noun: Hercules-club  'hur-kyu-leez,klúb
  1. Densely spiny ornamental of southeastern United States and West Indies
    - Hercules'-club, Hercules'-clubs, Zanthoxylum clava-herculis
Noun: Hercules'-club
  1. Small deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub of eastern United States
    - American angelica tree, devil's walking stick, Aralia spinosa

Derived forms: Hercules'-clubs

Type of: bush, prickly ash, shrub

Part of: genus Aralia, genus Zanthoxylum, Zanthoxylum

Encyclopedia: Hercules'-club