zanthoxylum

zanthoxylum [zænˈθɒksɪləm]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any rutaceous shrub or tree of the genus Zanthoxylum, of temperate and subtropical E Asia and North America: includes the prickly ash and the West Indian yellowwood (or satinwood)

[C19 zantho- variant of xantho- + Greek xulon wood]

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Zanthoxylum - deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs: prickly ash genus Zanthoxylum rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants family Rutaceae, rue family, Rutaceae - a family of dicotyledonous plants of order Geraniales; have flowers that are divide into four or five parts and usually have a strong scent prickly ash - any of a number of trees or shrubs of the genus Zanthoxylum having spiny branches sea ash, toothache tree, Zanthoxylum americanum, Zanthoxylum fraxineum - small deciduous aromatic shrub (or tree) having spiny branches and yellowish flowers; eastern North America Hercules'-club, Hercules'-clubs, Hercules-club, Zanthoxylum clava-herculis - densely spiny ornamental of southeastern United States and West Indies