'Angelica tree' definitions:

Definition of 'Angelica tree'

From: GCIDE
  • Hercules'-club \Hercules'-club\, Hercules'-club \Hercules'-club\, Hercules-club \Hercules-club\prop. n.
  • 1. (Bot.) A densely spiny ornamental tree ({Zanthoxylum clava-herculis}) of the rue family, growing in southeast U. S. and West Indies. [WordNet sense 1]
  • Note: It belongs to the same genus as one of the trees (Zanthoxylum Americanum) called prickly ash.
  • Syn: Hercules'-clubs, Hercules-club, {Zanthoxylum clava-herculis}. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
  • 2. A small, prickly, deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub (Aralia spinosa) of eastern U.S.; also called {Angelica tree} and prickly ash. [WordNet sense 2]
  • Syn: American angelica tree, devil's walking stick, {Aralia spinosa}. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
  • 3. A variety of the common gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris). Its fruit sometimes exceeds five feet in length. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Angelica tree'

From: GCIDE
  • Prickly ash \Prickly ash\ (Bot.),
  • 1. A prickly shrub (Xanthoxylum Americanum) with yellowish flowers appearing with the leaves; also called {toothache tree}. All parts of the plant are pungent and aromatic. The southern species is Xanthoxylum Carolinianum. --Gray. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Bot.), Hercules'-club, also called the Angelica tree. [PJC]

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