Xanthoxylum

[zæn'θɔksilәm]

Definition

(n.) A genus of prickly shrubs or small trees, the bark and rots of which are of a deep yellow color; prickly ash.

Edited by Beverly

Definition

n. a genus of the Rutace comprising over one hundred species of which many are found in Brazil and the West Indies—the Prickly Ash or Toothache-tree.

Typist: Shelby