cat's claw

noun13

1. •
   Any of several species of plant having parts resembling the claw of a cat.
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)