“devil's”

The following 53 entries include the term devil's.

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devil's advocate

noun

: a Roman Catholic official whose duty is to examine critically the evidence on which a demand for beatification or canonization rests

devil's claw

noun

: any of several herbs (genus Proboscidea synonym Martynia of the family Martyniaceae) of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico that have edible pods yielding a black sewing material used in basket making

devil's club

noun

: a spiny western North American shrub (Oplopanax horridus) of the ginseng family having large lobed leaves and stems covered with dense sharp prickles

devil's darning needle

noun

devil's food cake

noun

: a rich chocolate cake

devil's ivy

noun

: pothos

devil's lettuce

noun

: marijuana usually used with the

devil's paintbrush

noun

devil's-apple

noun

devil's-apron

noun

: a kelp of the genus Laminaria (especially L. saccharina of the Atlantic ocean) having a large flat leathery thallus shaped somewhat like an apron

devil's bit

noun

devil's-bite

noun

: american hellebore

devil's-bones

plural noun

: dice

devil's book

noun
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