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prickwood

prickwood noun: a shrub (Euonymus europaeus), the spindle tree.

Noun

prickwood (usually uncountable, plural prickwoods)

  1. (archaic, usually) A shrub (Euonymus europaeus), the spindle tree.

Forms of prickwood

pluralprickwoods

Origin of prickwood

From prick + wood, so named from the use of its wood for goads, skewers, and shoe pegs.

Questions about prickwood

What does prickwood mean?
Prickwood means a shrub (Euonymus europaeus), the spindle tree.
What part of speech is prickwood?
Prickwood is a noun.
What is the plural of prickwood?
The plural of prickwood is prickwoods.

Words near prickwood in the dictionary

  1. prickteasers
  2. prickteases
  3. prickwad
  4. prickwads
  5. Prickwillow
  6. prickwood
  7. prickwoods
  8. pricky
  9. pricy
  10. Priday
  11. Priddle

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