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prickly ash

prickly ash noun: any of a number of trees and shrubs in the genus Zanthoxylum containing Sichuan pepper and the American Midwest invasive species.

Noun

prickly ash (plural prickly ashes)

  1. Any of a number of trees and shrubs in the genus Zanthoxylum containing Sichuan pepper and the American Midwest invasive species.
  2. Aralia spinosa, a plant native to eastern North America
  3. Orites excelsus, a plant native to Australia
  4. Papilio pelaus, a butterfly

Forms of prickly ash

pluralprickly ashes

Words formed from prickly ash

  • shiny-leaf prickly ash

Questions about prickly ash

What does prickly ash mean?
Prickly ash means any of a number of trees and shrubs in the genus Zanthoxylum containing Sichuan pepper and the American Midwest invasive species.
What part of speech is prickly ash?
Prickly ash is a noun.
What is the plural of prickly ash?
The plural of prickly ash is prickly ashes.

Words near prickly ash in the dictionary

  1. prickling
  2. pricklingly
  3. pricklings
  4. pricklouse
  5. prickly
  6. prickly ash
  7. prickly ashes
  8. prickly chaff flower
  9. prickly hakea
  10. prickly hakeas
  11. prickly heat

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