angelica tree


angelica tree

n. See Hercules' club.

Her′cules-club`



n. 1. a prickly tree, Zanthoxylum clava-herculis, of the rue family, having a medicinal bark and berries. 2. Also called angelica tree , devil's-walking-stick. a prickly shrub, Aralia spinosa, of the ginseng family, having a medicinal bark and root. [1680–90]