grapple plant

English

Noun

grapple plant (plural grapple plants)

A South African herb (Uncarina leptocarpa) with woody fruits armed with long hooked or barbed thorns by which they adhere to cattle.

References

“grapple”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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