hercules'-club

1. 1.

   densely spiny ornamental of southeastern United States and West Indies

   SynonymsHercules'-clubsHercules-clubZanthoxylum clava-herculis

   Broaderprickly ash

   Part ofZanthoxylum
2. 2.

   small deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub of eastern United States

   SynonymsAmerican angelica treedevil's walking stickAralia spinosa

   Broadershrub

   Part ofgenus Aralia

Questions about hercules'-club

What does hercules'-club mean?

hercules'-club means "densely spiny ornamental of southeastern United States and West Indies". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hercules'-club?

hercules'-club has 4 syllables: her-cu-les'--club. The stress falls on "cu".

What is another word for hercules'-club?

Close synonyms include Hercules'-clubs, Hercules-club, Zanthoxylum clava-herculis, American angelica tree, devil's walking stick. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hercules'-club a common word?

hercules'-club is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.