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7 letters · 14 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds; West Indies and Florida
originFrom cat + claw, because its branches bear many small hooks which resemble cats' claws.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0