A stick or staff taken from this tree.
A large shrub or small tree, Prunus spinosa, that is native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa. It has a dark bark and bears thorns.
A short, heavy club, often of wood, which is thicker or loaded at one end.
To coerce someone, as if with a bludgeon.
To strike or hit with something hard, usually on the head; to club.