'Toothache tree' definitions:
Definition of 'toothache tree'
(from WordNet)
noun
Small deciduous aromatic shrub (or tree) having spiny branches and yellowish flowers; eastern North America [syn: toothache tree, sea ash, Zanthoxylum americanum, Zanthoxylum fraxineum]
Definition of 'Toothache tree'
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]
Definition of 'toothache 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]