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black⋅bead

[blak-beed]
–noun
cat's-claw (def. 1).

Origin:
black + bead

cat's-claw

[kats-klaw]
–noun
a spiny shrub or small tree, Pithecellobium unguis-cati, of Central America, having greenish-yellow flowers and reddish, spirally twisted pods.
Also, catclaw.
Also called blackbead.


Origin:
1750–60
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