escambron
noun
es·cam·bron
¦eˌskäm¦brȯn
plural -s
: any of several tropical American thorny shrubs or trees: such as
a
: cockspur sense 2b
b
Puerto Rico : a shrubby vine (Drepanocarpus lunatus) of the family Leguminosae with hooked prickles and showy purple flowers
c
: cat's-claw
Word History
Etymology
American Spanish escambrón, from obsolete Spanish, hawthorn, buckthorn, perhaps modification of Latin crabron-, crabro hornet