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Noun: devil's claw
  1. Annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak
    - common unicorn plant, common devil's claw, elephant-tusk, proboscis flower, ram's horn, Proboscidea louisianica

Derived forms: devil's claws

Type of: herb, herbaceous plant

Part of: genus Proboscidea, Proboscidea

Encyclopedia: Devil's claw