XANTHOXYLUM
\zˈanθəksˌa͡ɪləm], \zˈanθəksˌaɪləm], \z_ˈa_n_θ_ə_k_s_ˌaɪ_l_ə_m]\
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A genus of prickly shrubs or small trees, the bark and rots of which are of a deep yellow color; prickly ash.
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A genus of prickly shrubs or small trees, the bark and rots of which are of a deep yellow color; prickly ash.
By Noah Webster.
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zan-thok'si-lum, n. a genus of the Rutaceæ, comprising over one hundred species, of which many are found in Brazil and the West Indies--the Prickly Ash or Toothache-tree. [Formed from Gr. xanthos, yellow, xylon, wood.]
By Thomas Davidson
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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