prickly ash
prickly ash · prickly ashes
Any of a number of trees and shrubs in the genus Zanthoxylum containing Sichuan pepper…Any of a number of trees and shrubs in the genus Zanthoxylum containing Sichuan pepper and the American Midwest invasive species.
Meaning
4 sensesAny of a number of trees and shrubs in the genus Zanthoxylum containing Sichuan pepper and the American Midwest invasive species.
any of a number of trees or shrubs of the genus Zanthoxylum having spiny branches
Aralia spinosa, a plant native to eastern North America
Orites excelsus, a plant native to Australia
Papilio pelaus, a butterfly
Forms
plural: prickly ashes| Singular | prickly ash |
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regular
Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- Australian tree having alternate simple leaves (when young they are pinnate with prickly toothed margins) and slender axillary spikes of white flowers:Orites excelsa