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1. any of a number of trees or shrubs of the genus Zanthoxylum having spiny branches

↑toothache tree, ↑sea ash, ↑Zanthoxylum americanum, ↑Zanthoxylum fraxineum, ↑Hercules'-club, ↑Hercules'-clubs, ↑Hercules-club, ↑Zanthoxylum clava-herculis

2. Australian tree having alternate simple leaves (when young they are pinnate with prickly toothed margins) and slender axillary spikes of white flowers

1.

a. : a prickly aromatic shrub or small tree (Zanthoxylum americanum) with yellowish flowers appearing with the pinnate leaves

b. : hercules'-club 1a

2. or prickly elder : hercules'-club 3

3. : an Australian tree (Orites excelsa) of the family Proteaceae having alternate lanceolate or obovate leaves, slender axillary spikes of flowers, and woody follicles

1. Also called toothache tree. a citrus shrub or small tree, Zanthoxylum americanum, having aromatic leaves and usually prickly branches.

2. Hercules-club (def. 2).

[1700-10, Amer.]

prickly ash noun

The toothache tree (genus Xanthoxylum)

Main Entry: ↑prickle

prickly ash,

a shrub or small tree of the rue family, with strong prickles and leaves like those of the ash. Its bark is used in medicine.