prickwood

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Prickwood \Prick"wood`\, n. (Bot.)
   A shrub ({Euonymus Europ[ae]us}); -- so named from the use of
   its wood for goads, skewers, and shoe pegs. Called also
   {spindle tree}.
   [1913 Webster]
    

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