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devil's club 
a shrub, Oplopanax horridus, of western Canada, having large leaves, a prickly stem and conspicuous red berries.
See also: bois picant
- 1824 (1955) [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.
- 1824 (1955) [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.]