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prickly ash

Pronunciation:  'prikleeash

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  Australian tree having alternate simple leaves (when young they are pinnate with prickly toothed margins) and slender axillary spikes of white flowers
  2. [n]  any of a number of trees or shrubs of the genus Zanthoxylum having spiny branches
 
 Synonyms: Orites excelsa
 
 See Also: genus Orites, genus Zanthoxylum, Hercules'-club, Hercules-club, Hercules'-clubs, Orites, sea ash, toothache tree, tree, Zanthoxylum, Zanthoxylum americanum, Zanthoxylum clava-herculis, Zanthoxylum fraxineum

 

 

 

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