Hercules'-club

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. (Bot.) A densely spiny ornamental tree (Zanthoxylum clava-herculis) of the rue family, growing in southeast U. S. and West Indies.
2. n. A small, prickly, deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub (Aralia spinosa) of eastern U.S.; also called Angelica tree and prickly ash.
3. n. A variety of the common gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris). Its fruit sometimes exceeds five feet in length.