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单词 prickly ash
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prickly ash


noun

Also called Northern prickly ash, toothache tree. a citrus shrub or small tree, Zanthoxylum americanum, having aromatic leaves and usually prickly branches.
Hercules-club (def. 2).

Origin of prickly ash

An Americanism dating back to 1700–10

Words nearby prickly ash

prickle, prickleback, prickle cell, prickle cell layer, prickly, prickly ash, prickly heat, prickly pear, prickly poppy, prick-post, prick song
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Example sentences from the Web for prickly ash

  • Some oak woodland on the W. side, but the whole bottom covered with prickly-ash.

    The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Volume I (of 3)|Elliott Coues

British Dictionary definitions for prickly ash

prickly ash

noun

a North American rutaceous shrub or small tree, Zanthoxylum americanum, having prickly branches, feathery aromatic leaves, and bark used as a remedy for toothacheAlso called: toothache tree
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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