Associations to the word «Zanthoxylum»

Wiktionary

ZANTHOXYLUM, noun. Any of the genus Zanthoxylum of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs in the citrus or rue family.
ZANTHOXYLUM, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Rutaceae   — trees and shrubs including prickly ash and Hercules' club, yellowwood, Sichuan pepper.

Dictionary definition

ZANTHOXYLUM, noun. Deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs: prickly ash.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats