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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. small deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub of eastern United States;
[syn: American angelica tree, devil's walking stick, Hercules'-club, Aralia spinosa]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Toothache \Tooth"ache`\, n. (Med.) Pain in a tooth or in the teeth; odontalgia. [1913 Webster] Toothache grass (Bot.), a kind of grass (Ctenium Americanum) having a very pungent taste. Toothache tree. (Bot.) (a) The prickly ash. (b) A shrub of the genus Aralia (Aralia spinosa). [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Angelica \An*gel"i*ca\, n. [NL. See Angelic.] (Bot.) 1. An aromatic umbelliferous plant (Archangelica officinalis or Angelica archangelica) the leaf stalks of which are sometimes candied and used in confectionery, and the roots and seeds as an aromatic tonic. [1913 Webster] 2. The candied leaf stalks of angelica. [1913 Webster] Angelica tree, a thorny North American shrub (Aralia spinosa), called also Hercules' club. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hercules'-club \Hercules'-club\, Hercules'-club \Hercules'-club\, Hercules-club \Hercules-club\prop. n. 1. (Bot.) A densely spiny ornamental tree (Zanthoxylum clava-herculis) of the rue family, growing in southeast U. S. and West Indies. [WordNet sense 1] Note: It belongs to the same genus as one of the trees (Zanthoxylum Americanum) called prickly ash. Syn: Hercules'-clubs, Hercules-club, Zanthoxylum clava-herculis. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] 2. A small, prickly, deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub (Aralia spinosa) of eastern U.S.; also called Angelica tree and prickly ash. [WordNet sense 2] Syn: American angelica tree, devil's walking stick, Aralia spinosa. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] 3. A variety of the common gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris). Its fruit sometimes exceeds five feet in length. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Aralia spinosa n 1: small deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub of eastern United States [syn: American angelica tree, devil's walking stick, Hercules'-club, Aralia spinosa]