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ZANTHOXYLUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs: prickly ash
Synonyms:
genus Zanthoxylum; Zanthoxylum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Zanthoxylum" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "Zanthoxylum"):
prickly ash (any of a number of trees or shrubs of the genus Zanthoxylum having spiny branches)
sea ash; toothache tree; Zanthoxylum americanum; Zanthoxylum fraxineum (small deciduous aromatic shrub (or tree) having spiny branches and yellowish flowers; eastern North America)
Hercules'-club; Hercules'-clubs; Hercules-club; Zanthoxylum clava-herculis (densely spiny ornamental of southeastern United States and West Indies)
Holonyms ("Zanthoxylum" is a member of...):
family Rutaceae; rue family; Rutaceae (a family of dicotyledonous plants of order Geraniales; have flowers that are divide into four or five parts and usually have a strong scent)
