'Xanthoxylum Americanum' definitions:
Definition of 'Xanthoxylum Americanum'
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]
Definition of 'Xanthoxylum Americanum'
From: GCIDE
- Xanthoxylum \Xan*thox"y*lum\, n. [NL., from Gr. xanqo`s yellow + xy`lon wood.] (Bot.) A genus of prickly shrubs or small trees, the bark and rots of which are of a deep yellow color; prickly ash. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The commonest species in the Northern United States is Xanthoxylum Americanum. See Prickly ash, under Prickly. [1913 Webster]