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Definition of Toothache tree
1. Noun. Small deciduous aromatic shrub (or tree) having spiny branches and yellowish flowers; eastern North America.
Exact synonyms: Sea Ash, Zanthoxylum Americanum, Zanthoxylum Fraxineum
Group relationships: Genus Zanthoxylum, Zanthoxylum
Generic synonyms: Prickly Ash
Group relationships: Genus Zanthoxylum, Zanthoxylum
Generic synonyms: Prickly Ash
Lexicographical Neighbors of Toothache Tree
Literary usage of Toothache tree
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1854)
"The French name meant club tree, and the German name, the toothache tree. S 1.
... The three-fruited Xanthoxylum, or toothache tree. ..."
2. On Planting and Rural Ornament: A Practical Treatise by Marshall (William), Mr Marshall (1803)
"There are two SPECIES ; one of which, with due care, may b« enured to this
climate : The toothache tree (so called from its bark being said to be ..."
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