prickly ash

noun

Any of a number of trees and shrubs in the genus Zanthoxylum containing Sichuan pepper and the American Midwest invasive species.

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Orites excelsa
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Meanings

nounprickly ash (plural prickly ashes)

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

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAustralian tree having alternate simple leaves (when young they are pinnate with prickly toothed margins) and slender axillary spikes of white flowers

Similar
Orites excelsa
Broader
tree

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prickly ash,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prickly%20ash.

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