'Aralia spinosa' definitions:

Definition of 'Aralia spinosa'

From: WordNet
noun
Small deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub of eastern United States [syn: American angelica tree, devil's walking stick, Hercules'-club, Aralia spinosa]

Definition of 'Aralia spinosa'

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 'Aralia spinosa'

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 'Aralia spinosa'

From: GCIDE
  • Toothache \Tooth"ache`\, n. (Med.) Pain in a tooth or in the teeth; odontalgia. [1913 Webster]
  • Toothache grass (Bot.), a kind of grass ({Ctenium Americanum}) having a very pungent taste.
  • Toothache tree. (Bot.) (a) The prickly ash. (b) A shrub of the genus Aralia (Aralia spinosa). [1913 Webster]