catclaw

noun

cat·​claw ˈkat-ˌklȯ 

: a yellow-flowered spiny acacia (Acacia greggi) of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico

Examples of catclaw in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The mountainous desert region is one highlighted by cactus flowers like the Strawberry Pitaya, the spiny ocotillo shrub, catclaw, desert marigolds, and the area’s namesake bluebonnets. — J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine, 26 Apr. 2022

Dodging catclaw, cactus and a jump over a drainage outlet, the short walk around the tank’s perimeter unpacks rustlings of life, scat, feathers and impressions of a robust community that thrives in a who-knew refuge curiously close to road ruckus. — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2021

The rocky but usually dry crossings are fringed with scrappy stands of scrub oak, willows and catclaw. — Mare Czinar, azcentral, 12 Mar. 2020

That especially applies to the vegetation as anyone who has tangled with catclaw, backed into a tasajillo or hopped on one leg when a mesquite thorn poked all the way through a boot sole and punctured a foot will attest. — Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 8 Apr. 2018

On either side, what used to be cotton fields and cattle feedlots, and before that catclaw bushes and cactus scrub, has turned into suburban sprawl. — Jeff Wheelwright, Discover Magazine, 17 Sep. 2012

Word History

First Known Use

1898, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for catclaw

• aa
• aha
• bashaw
• bradshaw
• byelaw
• bylaw
• chainsaw
• cheraw
• coleslaw
• crenshaw
• dada
• esau