angelica tree

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angelica tree - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Prickly ash \Prickly ash\ (Bot.),
     1. A prickly shrub (Xanthoxylum Americanum) with yellowish
        flowers appearing with the leaves; also called toothache  tree
        . All parts of the plant are pungent and aromatic.
        The southern species is Xanthoxylum Carolinianum.
        --Gray.
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     2. (Bot.), Hercules'-club, also called the Angelica tree.
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  Angelica \An*gel"i*ca\, n. [NL. See Angelic.] (Bot.)
     1. An aromatic umbelliferous plant (Archangelica  officinalis
         or Angelica archangelica) the leaf stalks
        of which are sometimes candied and used in confectionery,
        and the roots and seeds as an aromatic tonic.
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     2. The candied leaf stalks of angelica.
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     Angelica tree, a thorny North American shrub (Aralia  spinosa
        ), called also Hercules' club.
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  Hercules'-club \Hercules'-club\, Hercules'-club
  \Hercules'-club\, Hercules-club \Hercules-club\prop. n.
     1. (Bot.) A densely spiny ornamental tree (Zanthoxylum  clava-herculis
        ) of the rue family, growing in southeast
        U. S. and West Indies. [WordNet sense 1]
  
     Note: It belongs to the same genus as one of the trees
           (Zanthoxylum Americanum) called prickly ash.
  
     Syn: Hercules'-clubs, Hercules-club, Zanthoxylum   clava-herculis
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     2. A small, prickly, deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub
        (Aralia spinosa) of eastern U.S.; also called Angelica  tree
         and prickly ash. [WordNet sense 2]
  
     Syn: American angelica tree, devil's walking stick, Aralia   spinosa
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     3. A variety of the common gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris). Its
        fruit sometimes exceeds five feet in length.
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