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prickly ash

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of a number of trees and shrubs in the genus Zanthoxylum containing Sichuan pepper and the American Midwest invasive species.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning 2

Aralia spinosa, a plant native to eastern North America

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Meaning 3

Orites excelsus, a plant native to Australia

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Meaning 4

Papilio pelaus, a butterfly

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Meaning 5

Australian tree having alternate simple leaves (when young they are pinnate with prickly toothed margins) and slender axillary spikes of white flowers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: Orites excelsa

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Broader terms: tree

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noun

Meaning 6

any of a number of trees or shrubs of the genus Zanthoxylum having spiny branches

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: tree

Narrower terms: toothache tree, sea ash, Zanthoxylum americanum, Zanthoxylum fraxineum, Hercules'-club, Hercules'-clubs, Hercules-club, Zanthoxylum clava-herculis

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