Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One of the toothache-trees, Xanthoxylum Clava-Herculis.
  • noun See Licania.
  • noun The clove-cassia. See Cassia.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A Pacific coast tree (Umbellularia californica) having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood

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  • Axe, makers of men's toiletries, has combined the allure of leather with the spiciness of pink and black pepper and pepperwood in these toiletries: Axe Instinct's Deodorant Bodyspray, Antiperspirant stick, Deodorant stick and Shower Gel retailing for $20 at most food, drug and mass retail outlets.

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