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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
angelica-tree .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun (Bot.) A densely spiny ornamental tree (
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis ) of the rue family, growing in southeast U. S. and West Indies. - proper noun A small, prickly, deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub (
Aralia spinosa ) of eastern U.S.; also calledAngelica tree andprickly ash . - proper noun A variety of the common gourd (
Lagenaria vulgaris ). Its fruit sometimes exceeds five feet in length.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun small deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub of eastern United States
- noun densely spiny ornamental of southeastern United States and West Indies
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