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any of a number of trees or shrubs of the genus Zanthoxylum having spiny branches

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  1. n. any of a number of trees or shrubs of the genus Zanthoxylum having spiny branches
  2. n. Australian tree having alternate simple leaves (when young they are pinnate with prickly toothed margins) and slender axillary spikes of white flowers