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Definition of Sea ash
1. Noun. Small deciduous aromatic shrub (or tree) having spiny branches and yellowish flowers; eastern North America.
Exact synonyms: Toothache Tree, Zanthoxylum Americanum, Zanthoxylum Fraxineum
Group relationships: Genus Zanthoxylum, Zanthoxylum
Generic synonyms: Prickly Ash
Group relationships: Genus Zanthoxylum, Zanthoxylum
Generic synonyms: Prickly Ash
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sea Ash
Literary usage of Sea ash
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Comprehensive Standard Dictionary of the English Language ...: 1,000 by James Champlin Fernald, Frank H. Vizetelly (1920)
"To or on the shore; on land; aground; not at sea. Ash Wednesday. The first day
of Lent. ash 'y, 1 asb'i; ..."
2. Modern American Marine Engines, Boilers and Screw Propellers: Their Design by Emory Edwards (1881)
"... the boiler to be fastened by turnbuckle-bolts so as to be perfectly secure
when at sea. Ash-Pans. Under the furnaces are to be cast-iron ash-pans, ..."
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