toothache tree

toothache tree

n.

An aromatic North American shrub or tree (Zanthoxylum americanum) whose dried bark has medicinal uses. Also called Northern prickly ash.

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toothache tree

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) another name for prickly ash

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

toothache tree - small deciduous aromatic shrub (or tree) having spiny branches and yellowish flowers; eastern North America sea ash, Zanthoxylum americanum, Zanthoxylum fraxineum genus Zanthoxylum, Zanthoxylum - deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs: prickly ash prickly ash - any of a number of trees or shrubs of the genus Zanthoxylum having spiny branches