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devil's club
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a shrub, Oplopanax horridus, of western Canada, having large leaves, a prickly stem and conspicuous red berries.
See: bois picant
Quotations
1824
[In this point saw a plant or Tree full of joints & prickles all over with a Tuft of large Green leaves at the top, it resembles the water Trefoil or Lilly but grows on drie land but thrives best in wet places.]
1887
. . . the prickly devils' clubs [sic] made things unpleasant for us. . . .
1895
The "Devil's Club" . . . might almost be called the emblem of British Columbia, for there is scarcely a spot where it is not.
1963
From Rainbow Lake a switchback trail climbs steeply upwards through buckbrush and devil's club, 2,600 feet to alpine country and Peters Lake.