zanthoxylum americanum

3 definitions found

zanthoxylum americanum - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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
          .
          [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
  
     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
          .
          [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
  
     3. A variety of the common gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris). Its
        fruit sometimes exceeds five feet in length.
        [1913 Webster]

  Ash \Ash\ ([a^]sh), n. [OE. asch, esh, AS. [ae]sc; akin to OHG.
     asc, Sw. & Dan. ask, Icel. askr, D. esch, G. esche.]
     1. (Bot.) A genus of trees of the Olive family, having
        opposite pinnate leaves, many of the species furnishing
        valuable timber, as the European ash (Fraxinus  excelsior
        ) and the white ash (Fraxinus Americana).
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Prickly ash (Zanthoxylum Americanum) and Poison ash
        (Rhus venenata) are shrubs of different families,
        somewhat resembling the true ashes in their foliage.
  
     Mountain ash. See Roman tree, and under Mountain.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. The tough, elastic wood of the ash tree.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Ash is used adjectively, or as the first part of a
           compound term; as, ash bud, ash wood, ash tree, etc.
           [1913 Webster]

zanthoxylum americanum - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Zanthoxylum americanum
      n 1: small deciduous aromatic shrub (or tree) having spiny
           branches and yellowish flowers; eastern North America [syn:
           toothache tree, sea ash, Zanthoxylum americanum,
           Zanthoxylum fraxineum]