xanthoxylum carolinianum

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xanthoxylum carolinianum - 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Bot.), Hercules'-club, also called the Angelica tree.
        [PJC]