| 1. | Also called Southern prickly ash. a prickly tree, Zanthoxylum clava-herculis, of the rue family, having a medicinal bark and berries. |
| 2. | Also called angelica tree, devil's-walking-stick. a prickly shrub, of the ginseng family, Aralia spinosa, having a medicinal bark and root. |
| hercules-club | |
noun | |
| densely spiny ornamental of southeastern United States and West Indies [syn: Hercules'-club] |