Definitions for: Xanthoxylum

Webster (1913) Definition: Xan*thox"y*lum, n. [NL., from Gr. xanqo`s yellow +
xy`lon wood.] (Bot.)
A genus of prickly shrubs or small trees, the bark and rots
of which are of a deep yellow color; prickly ash.

Note: The commonest species in the Northern United States is
Xanthoxylum Americanum. See Prickly ash, under
Prickly.