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cat's claw

cat's claw noun: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cat, claw.

Noun

cat's claw (plural cat's claws)

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

Forms of cat's claw

pluralcat's claws

Questions about cat's claw

What does cat's claw mean?
Cat's claw means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cat, claw.
What part of speech is cat's claw?
Cat's claw is a noun.
What is the plural of cat's claw?
The plural of cat's claw is cat's claws.

Words near cat's claw in the dictionary

  1. cat's ass
  2. cat's asses
  3. cat's breakfast
  4. cat's breakfasts
  5. cat's chance in hell
  6. cat's claw
  7. cat's claws
  8. cat's cradle
  9. cat's cradles
  10. cat's ear
  11. cat's eye

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