Zanthoxylum americanum
n 1: small deciduous aromatic shrub (or tree) having spiny
branches and yellowish flowers; eastern North America [syn:
{toothache tree}, {sea ash}, {Zanthoxylum americanum},
{Zanthoxylum fraxineum}]
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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Ash \Ash\ ([a^]sh), n. [OE. asch, esh, AS. [ae]sc; akin to OHG.
asc, Sw. & Dan. ask, Icel. askr, D. esch, G. esche.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of trees of the Olive family, having
opposite pinnate leaves, many of the species furnishing
valuable timber, as the European ash ({Fraxinus
excelsior}) and the white ash ({Fraxinus Americana}).
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{Prickly ash} ({Zanthoxylum Americanum}) and {Poison ash}
({Rhus venenata}) are shrubs of different families,
somewhat resembling the true ashes in their foliage.
{Mountain ash}. See {Roman tree}, and under {Mountain}.
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2. The tough, elastic wood of the ash tree.
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Note: Ash is used adjectively, or as the first part of a
compound term; as, ash bud, ash wood, ash tree, etc.
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