toothache tree

Noun
Synonyms: toothache treesea ashZanthoxylum americanumZanthoxylum fraxineum

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. small deciduous aromatic shrub (or tree) having spiny branches and yellowish flowers; eastern North AmericaSynonyms: toothache treesea ashZanthoxylum americanumZanthoxylum fraxineum
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Prickly ash \Prickly ash\ (Bot.),

1.A prickly shrub (Xanthoxylum Americanum) with yellowish flowers appearing with the leaves; also called toothache tree. All parts of the plant are pungent and aromatic. The southern species is Xanthoxylum Carolinianum. --Gray. [1913 Webster]

2.(Bot.), Hercules'-club, also called the Angelica tree. [PJC]

Toothache \Tooth"ache`\, n. (Med.) Pain in a tooth or in the teeth; odontalgia. [1913 Webster]

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). [1913 Webster]

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