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Webster 1913 Edition

Prickwood

Prick′woodˊ

,
Noun.
(Bot.)
A shrub (
Euonymus Europæus
); – so named from the use of its wood for goads, skewers, and shoe pegs. Called also
spindle tree
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Prickwood

PRICK'WOOD

,
Noun.
A tree of the genus Euonymus.

Definition 2024

prickwood

prickwood

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Noun

prickwood ‎(usually uncountable, plural prickwoods)

  1. A shrub (Euonymus europaeus), the spindle tree.

Etymology

prick +‎ wood, so named from the use of its wood for goads, skewers, and shoe pegs.

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