Xanthoxylum

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

  Xanthoxylum \Xan*thox"y*lum\, n. [NL., from Gr. xanqo`s yellow +
     xy`lon wood.] (Bot.)
     A genus of prickly shrubs or small trees, the bark and rots
     of which are of a deep yellow color; prickly ash.
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     Note: The commonest species in the Northern United States is
           {Xanthoxylum Americanum}. See {Prickly ash}, under
           {Prickly}.
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