sea ash

/si æʃ/
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Other forms: sea ashes

Definitions of sea ash
  1. noun
    small deciduous aromatic shrub (or tree) having spiny branches and yellowish flowers; eastern North America
    synonyms: Zanthoxylum americanum, Zanthoxylum fraxineum, toothache tree
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    type of:
    prickly ash
    any of a number of trees or shrubs of the genus Zanthoxylum having spiny branches
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