Prickwood

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Prickwood \Prick"wood`\, n. (Bot.)
     A shrub ({Euonymus Europ[ae]us}); -- so named from the use of
     its wood for goads, skewers, and shoe pegs. Called also
     {spindle tree}.
     [1913 Webster]