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–noun
1. Hercules-club (def. 2).
2. prickly ash (def. 1).
Origin:
1775–85, Americanism
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Her⋅cu⋅les-club

  [hur-kyuh-leez-kluhb]
–noun
1. Also called Southern prickly ash. a prickly tree, Zanthoxylum clava-herculis, of the rue family, having a medicinal bark and berries.
2. Also called angelica tree, devil's-walking-stick. a prickly shrub, of the ginseng family, Aralia spinosa, having a medicinal bark and root.
Also called prickly ash.

Origin:
1680–90
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angelica tree  
n.  See Hercules' club.
Her·cu·les' club   (hûr'kyə-lēz)   
n.  

  1. A tree or shrub (Aralia spinosa) of the southeast United States, having prickly, bipinnately compound leaves and large clusters of small white flowers. Also called angelica tree, devil's walking stick, prickly ash.

  2. A spiny shrub or tree (Zanthoxylum clava-herculis) of the central and southeast United States, having terminal panicles of small greenish-yellow flowers and pinnately compound leaves. Also called pepperwood, Southern prickly ash.


[After the spiny club of Hercules.]
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angelica tree

(species Aralia spinosa), prickly-stemmed shrub or tree, of the ginseng family (Araliaceae), that can reach a height of 15 m (about 50 feet). Its leaves are large, with leaflets arranged feather-fashion and often prickly. The angelica tree is native to low-lying areas from Delaware to Indiana, south to Florida, and as far west as Texas.

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