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ZANTHOXYLUM FRAXINEUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Zanthoxylum fraxineum mean? 

ZANTHOXYLUM FRAXINEUM (noun)
  The noun ZANTHOXYLUM FRAXINEUM has 1 sense:

1. small deciduous aromatic shrub (or tree) having spiny branches and yellowish flowers; eastern North Americaplay

  Familiarity information: ZANTHOXYLUM FRAXINEUM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ZANTHOXYLUM FRAXINEUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

sea ash; toothache tree; Zanthoxylum americanum; Zanthoxylum fraxineum

Hypernyms ("Zanthoxylum fraxineum" is a kind of...):

prickly ash (any of a number of trees or shrubs of the genus Zanthoxylum having spiny branches)

Holonyms ("Zanthoxylum fraxineum" is a member of...):

genus Zanthoxylum; Zanthoxylum (deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs: prickly ash)


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