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toothache tree

DEFINITIONS OF: toothache tree

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n small deciduous aromatic shrub (or tree) having spiny branches and yellowish flowers; eastern North America

Synonyms:
Zanthoxylum americanum, Zanthoxylum fraxineum, sea ash
Type of:
prickly ash
any of a number of trees or shrubs of the genus Zanthoxylum having spiny branches
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