Zanthoxylum
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zanthoxylum
(zænˈθɒksɪləm)n
(Plants) any rutaceous shrub or tree of the genus Zanthoxylum, of temperate and subtropical E Asia and North America: includes the prickly ash and the West Indian yellowwood (or satinwood)
[C19: zantho- variant of xantho- + Greek xulon wood]
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| Noun | 1. | Zanthoxylum - deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs: prickly ash rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants family Rutaceae, rue family, Rutaceae - a family of dicotyledonous plants of order Geraniales; have flowers that are divide into four or five parts and usually have a strong scent prickly ash - any of a number of trees or shrubs of the genus Zanthoxylum having spiny branches sea ash, toothache tree, Zanthoxylum americanum, Zanthoxylum fraxineum - small deciduous aromatic shrub (or tree) having spiny branches and yellowish flowers; eastern North America Hercules'-club, Hercules-club, Hercules'-clubs, Zanthoxylum clava-herculis - densely spiny ornamental of southeastern United States and West Indies |
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