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[syn: American angelica tree, devil's walking stick, Hercules'-club, Aralia spinosa]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Toothache \Tooth"ache`\, n. (Med.)
Pain in a tooth or in the teeth; odontalgia.
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Toothache grass (Bot.), a kind of grass (Ctenium
Americanum) having a very pungent taste.
Toothache tree. (Bot.)
(a) The prickly ash.
(b) A shrub of the genus Aralia (Aralia spinosa).
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Angelica \An*gel"i*ca\, n. [NL. See Angelic.] (Bot.)
1. An aromatic umbelliferous plant (Archangelica
officinalis or Angelica archangelica) the leaf stalks
of which are sometimes candied and used in confectionery,
and the roots and seeds as an aromatic tonic.
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2. The candied leaf stalks of angelica.
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Angelica tree, a thorny North American shrub (Aralia
spinosa), called also Hercules' club.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hercules'-club \Hercules'-club\, Hercules'-club
\Hercules'-club\, Hercules-club \Hercules-club\prop. n.
1. (Bot.) A densely spiny ornamental tree (Zanthoxylum
clava-herculis) of the rue family, growing in southeast
U. S. and West Indies. [WordNet sense 1]
Note: It belongs to the same genus as one of the trees
(Zanthoxylum Americanum) called prickly ash.
Syn: Hercules'-clubs, Hercules-club, Zanthoxylum
clava-herculis.
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2. A small, prickly, deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub
(Aralia spinosa) of eastern U.S.; also called Angelica
tree and prickly ash. [WordNet sense 2]
Syn: American angelica tree, devil's walking stick, Aralia
spinosa.
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3. A variety of the common gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris). Its
fruit sometimes exceeds five feet in length.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Aralia spinosa
n 1: small deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub of eastern
United States [syn: American angelica tree, devil's
walking stick, Hercules'-club, Aralia spinosa]