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xanthoxylum
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xanthoxylum, n. [NL., from Gr. xanqo`s yellow + xy`lon wood.].
A genus of prickly shrubs or small trees, the bark and rots of which are of a deep yellow color; prickly ash. [1913 Webster]
" The commonest species in the Northern United States is Xanthoxylum Americanum . See Prickly ash , under Prickly ."
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