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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.), {Hercules'-club}, also called the {Angelica tree}. [PJC]