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prickly ash
noun
- Also called Northern prickly ash, a citrus shrub or small tree, Zanthoxylum americanum, having aromatic leaves and usually prickly branches.
prickly ash
noun
- a North American rutaceous shrub or small tree, Zanthoxylum americanum, having prickly branches, feathery aromatic leaves, and bark used as a remedy for toothache Also calledtoothache tree
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Word History and Origins
Origin of prickly ash1
An Americanism dating back to 1700–10
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Example Sentences
Trimble Rogers plowed through the prickly ash, short of wind and temper, with the musket again ready for action.
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Some oak woodland on the W. side, but the whole bottom covered with prickly-ash.
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Of our native plants the prickly ash (Zanthoxylum), and the various species of sumach (Rhus), are the best known.
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The prickly ash, with its little scarlet berry, was common upon this as upon other islands, and the elms were of remarkable size.
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Hereabout also was to be found the prickly ash, a rather uncommon and graceful shrub.
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