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catclaw

/kat-klaw/US // ˈkætˌklɔ //

鲶鱼

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a prickly plant, Schrankia nutallii, of the legume family, native to the midwestern U.S. having pinnate leaves and tiny pink flowers forming a spherical cluster.
    • : cat's-claw.

Examples

  • A little brown rabbit skipped around a bunch of catclaw and sat twitching his whiskers and looking humorously at Givens.

  • His face and hands were torn with catclaw, his knee bruised by a slip against a sharp jut of quartz.

  • Dinsmore, his face in the catclaw, gave a smothered cry for help.

  • She gathered ironwood and catclaw while he watched her vigilantly.