HyperDic: toothache_tree

English > 1 sense of the expression toothache tree:
NOUNplanttoothache tree, sea ash, Zanthoxylum americanum, Zanthoxylum fraxineumsmall deciduous aromatic shrub (or tree) having spiny branches and yellowish flowers
English > toothache tree: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningsmall deciduous aromatic shrub (or tree) having spiny branches and yellowish flowers; eastern North America.
Synonymssea ash, Zanthoxylum americanum, Zanthoxylum fraxineum
Member ofZanthoxylum, genus Zanthoxylumdeciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs
Broaderprickly ashAny of a number of trees or shrubs of the genus Zanthoxylum having spiny branches

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