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Webster 1913 Edition


Prickly ash

Prickly ash

(Bot.)
,
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
.
Gray.