devil's rope (English, noun)
expansion: devil's rope (countable and uncountable, plural devil's ropes)
Senses:
glosses: Mortal sin.
tags: countable
uncountable
glosses: An open branching shrub (Cylindropuntia imbricata) with cylindrical joints, which are covered with short raised ridges like the plait of a rope.
tags: countable
uncountable
glosses: A variety of cochineal, (Dactylopius newsteadi), used to destroy Cylindropuntia imbricata.
tags: countable
uncountable
qualifier: southwest
glosses: Barbed wire
tags: US
countable
slang
uncountable
Forms:
form: devil's ropes
tags: plural