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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Prickly ash

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01 A prickly shrub (Xanthoxylum Americanum) with yellowish flowers appearing with the leaves; also called toothache tree. All parts of the pla…
  1. 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.(Bot.) Also: toothache tree
  2. 2.
    Hercules'-club, also called the Angelica tree.(Bot.) Also: Angelica tree See: Hercules'-club