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lawyer vine

(also lawyer cane)

Definition of lawyer vine

noun

an Australian climbing palm which is thickly covered in sharp spines and recurved hooks. It grows in rainforest, where groups may form dense tangled thickets.
- Genus Calamus, family Palmae