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