prickly ash

1. 1.

   any of a number of trees or shrubs of the genus Zanthoxylum having spiny branches

   Broadertree

   Narrowertoothache treeHercules'-club

   Part ofZanthoxylum
2. 2.

   Australian tree having alternate simple leaves (when young they are pinnate with prickly toothed margins) and slender axillary spikes of white flowers

   SynonymsOrites excelsa

   Broadertree

   Part ofOrites

Questions about prickly ash

What does prickly ash mean?

prickly ash means "any of a number of trees or shrubs of the genus Zanthoxylum having spiny branches". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for prickly ash?

Close synonyms include Orites excelsa. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is prickly ash a common word?

prickly ash is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.