devil's rope
Meanings
noun
- Mortal sin.
- An open branching shrub (Cylindropuntia imbricata) with cylindrical joints, which are covered with short raised ridges like the plait of a rope.
- A variety of cochineal, (Dactylopius newsteadi), used to destroy Cylindropuntia imbricata.
- Barbed wire
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