cat's claw vs spikenard

cat's claw

noun
  • Carpobrotus edulis, or uña de gato (Spanish: "cat's claw"), a plant species in the Aizoaceae family 

  • Uncaria tomentosa, a plant species found in the tropical jungles of South and Central America 

  • Biancaea decapetala, a thorny evergreen shrub of India 

  • Acacia plumosa, a medicinal plant species native to Brazil 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cat, claw. 

  • Grevillea alpina, a shrub species native to Australia 

  • Mimosa nuttallii (formerly Schrankia nuttalli), a plant native to the Midwestern United States 

  • Dolichandra unguis-cati, or cat's claw creeper, a Central American climbing vine of the Bignoniaceae family 

  • Uncaria rhynchophylla, a plant species used in traditional Chinese medicine 

  • bayag-kambing (Caesalpinia crista) 

  • Martynia annua, a plant species endemic to Brazil 

  • Senegalia greggii, formerly Acacia greggii, a tree species native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico 

  • Uncaria guianensis, a plant species found in Guyana 

spikenard

noun
  • Any plant of the genus Aralia of the Araliaceae family. 

  • A perfumed ointment, extracted from the plant Nardostachys jatamansi that belongs to the Valerian family and grows in the Himalayas. 

  • Lavandula stoechas, another species used in antiquity to produce an aromatic oil. 

  • False spikenard (Maianthemum racemosum, syn. Smilacina racemosa) 

  • Ploughman's spikenard (Inula conyza, now Pentanema conyzae). 

  • The plant Nardostachys jatamansi (syn. Nardostachys grandiflora). 

  • Wild spikenard (Asarum europaeum). 

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