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.
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2. (Bot.), {Hercules'-club}, also called the {Angelica tree}.
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Angelica \An*gel"i*ca\, n. [NL. See {Angelic}.] (Bot.)
1. An aromatic umbelliferous plant ({Archangelica
officinalis} or {Angelica archangelica}) the leaf stalks
of which are sometimes candied and used in confectionery,
and the roots and seeds as an aromatic tonic.
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2. The candied leaf stalks of angelica.
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{Angelica tree}, a thorny North American shrub ({Aralia
spinosa}), called also {Hercules' club}.
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Hercules'-club \Hercules'-club\, Hercules'-club
\Hercules'-club\, Hercules-club \Hercules-club\prop. n.
1. (Bot.) A densely spiny ornamental tree ({Zanthoxylum
clava-herculis}) of the rue family, growing in southeast
U. S. and West Indies. [WordNet sense 1]
Note: It belongs to the same genus as one of the trees
({Zanthoxylum Americanum}) called {prickly ash}.
Syn: Hercules'-clubs, Hercules-club, {Zanthoxylum
clava-herculis}.
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2. A small, prickly, deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub
({Aralia spinosa}) of eastern U.S.; also called {Angelica
tree} and {prickly ash}. [WordNet sense 2]
Syn: American angelica tree, devil's walking stick, {Aralia
spinosa}.
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3. A variety of the common gourd ({Lagenaria vulgaris}). Its
fruit sometimes exceeds five feet in length.
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