Definition of Prickly ash

1. Noun. Any of a number of trees or shrubs of the genus Zanthoxylum having spiny branches.

Group relationships: Genus Zanthoxylum, Zanthoxylum
Specialized synonyms: Sea Ash, Toothache Tree, Zanthoxylum Americanum, Zanthoxylum Fraxineum, Hercules'-club, Hercules'-clubs, Hercules-club, Zanthoxylum Clava-herculis
Generic synonyms: Tree

2. Noun. Australian tree having alternate simple leaves (when young they are pinnate with prickly toothed margins) and slender axillary spikes of white flowers.
Exact synonyms: Orites Excelsa
Group relationships: Genus Orites, Orites
Generic synonyms: Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prickly Ash

prickle-weed
prickle cell
prickleback
pricklebacks
prickled
prickles
pricklice
pricklier
prickliest
prickliness
pricklinesses
prickling
pricklouse
prickly
prickly-seeded spinach
prickly ash (current term)
prickly custard apple
prickly heat
prickly lettuce
prickly oak
prickly pear
prickly pear cactus
prickly pears
prickly pine
prickly poppy
prickly shield fern
prickmadam
prickpunch
prickpunches
pricks

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