Meanings
nounprickwood (usually uncountable, plural prickwoods)
plural prickwoods
- archaicuncountableusuallyA shrub (Euonymus europaeus), the spindle tree.
Origin
From prick + wood, so named from the use of its wood for goads, skewers, and shoe pegs.
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prickwood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prickwood
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