xanthoxylum americanum

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xanthoxylum americanum - 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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  Xanthoxylum \Xan*thox"y*lum\, n. [NL., from Gr. xanqo`s yellow +
     xy`lon wood.] (Bot.)
     A genus of prickly shrubs or small trees, the bark and rots
     of which are of a deep yellow color; prickly ash.
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     Note: The commonest species in the Northern United States is
           Xanthoxylum Americanum. See Prickly ash, under
           Prickly.
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