PRICKLY ASH

name for two deciduous shrubs or small trees (Zanthoxylum americanum and Z. clava-herculis) of the family Rutaceae (rue family). They are native to E North America and have prickly twigs and foliage similar to that of the unrelated ash tree. A pungent aromatic principle in the bark has been used as a home remedy for various ailments including rheumatism and toothaches (hence the local name toothache tree). Z. clava-herculis, of more southerly distribution, is also known as Hercules'-club. Both Hercules'-club and prickly ash are names sometimes used for an unrelated plant of the family Araliaceae (ginseng family). Other Zanthoxylum species are the sources of Sichuan and Sansho peppercorns (Z. simulans and Z. piperitum, respectively) and of satinwood (Z. flavum). Prickly ash of the genus Zanthoxylum is classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Sapindales, family Rutaceae. The family Araliaceae belongs to the order Apiales.

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books on: Prickly Ash  - 104 results

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Paradise in Ashes: A Guatemalan Journey of Courage, Terror, and Hope
Book by Beatriz Manz; University of California Press, 2004
Subjects: Civil-Military Relations--Guatemala--Santa Maraia Tzejaa, Ejaercito Guerrillero De Los Pobres (Guatemala), Massacres--Guatemala--Santa Maraia Tzejaa, Political Violence--Guatemala--Santa Maraia Tzejaa, Quichae Indians--Crimes Against--Guatemala--Santa Maraia Tzejaa, Quichae Indians--Relocation--Mexico, Return Migration--Guatemala--Santa Maraia Tzejaa, Santa Maraia Tzejaa (Guatemala)--Politics And Government, Santa Maraia Tzejaa (Guatemala)--Social Conditions
...Guatemala it was the thick, green forest; in Arizona it was finding his way with his hands at night while avoiding the dry, prickly brush of the desert. Magdalena Ixcoy, the niece of Andres Ixcoy, left the village in 1987, one of the first to leave for...
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Spring Flora of Missouri
Book by Julian A. Steyermark; Missouri Botanical Garden, 1940
Subjects: Botany--Missouri
...Leaves divided into 3 leaflets; twigs never prickly 2. HOP TREE, WAFER ASH Ptelea 2. Leaves divided into 5-11 leaflets; twigs usually prickly 1. PRICKLY ASH Zanthoxylum 1. PRICKLY ASH Zanthoxylum americanun...
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Minnesota Plant Life
Book by Conway MacMillan; 1899
Subjects: Botany--Minnesota
...the light is shining. Prickly ashes. The rue family is represented...shrubs. One, the prickly ash, is abundant throughout...as the three-leaved ash, three-leaved elm or...Minnesota. The prickly ashes sometimes grow into small...resembling those of the common ash trees, and there are...
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Cultural History of Plants
Book by Sir Ghillean Prance, Mark Nesbitt; Routledge, 2004
Subjects: Crops--History
...Neolithic A (PPNA) period, 16 Preserved foods, see Food preservation Prickly ash ( Zanthoxyluml spp.), 169 Prickly pear cactus ( Opuntia spp.), 345-346 Prickly pear Opuntia ficus-indica, Opuntia maxima , 91 , 382-383 Opuntia stricta...
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Meaning, Medicine, and the "Placebo Effect"
Book by Daniel E. Moerman; Cambridge University Press, 2002
Subjects: Healing--Psychological Aspects, Placebo (Medicine)
Introduction: Pickle ash and high blood My first introduction...empirical. The bark of a tree known as prickly ash Zanthoxylum americanum or perhaps Z...herculis Hercules club and Z. americanum prickly ash , were part of professional American...
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The "Otherness" within "Ownness": Reading T. S. Eliot's "Ash-Wednesday"
Journal article by Kinereth Meyer; Christianity and Literature, Vol. 51, 2002
Subjects: Ash-Wednesday {poem} (Poem)--Criticism and interpretation, Eliot, T.S.--Criticism and interpretation, Poetry--Criticism and interpretation, Poets--Criticism and interpretation, Religion and poetry--Criticism and interpretation, Religious poetry--Criticism and interpretation
...Reading T. S. Eliots "Ash-Wednesday". by Kinereth Meyer...new to Eliot. The words of "Ash-Wednesday" function intratextually...dizzying "Here we go round the prickly pear" in "The Hollow Men...the major ascent patterns of "Ash-Wednesday." Manganiello is...
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Changes in the Floodplain Forest Vegetation of the Lower Wisconsin River over the Last Fifty Years
Journal article by Brack W. Hale, Esther M. Alsum, Michael S. Adams; The American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 160, 2008
...the two main invasive species, prickly ash and European buckthorn are not...the dominant understory species, prickly ash and European buckdiorn, possess...et al, 1994). Further, both prickly ash and buckdiorn contain toxins...
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Forest Expansion and Soil Carbon Changes in the Loess Hills of Eastern South Dakota
Journal article by Craig N. Spencer, Steven L. Matzner, Jason Smalley, Matthew Bukrey, Jennifer Onberg, Michael Chapman; The American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 161, 2009
Subjects: Aerial photography, Carbon, Carbon sequestration, Changes, Community, Forest & brush fires, Grasslands, Parks & recreation areas, Soils, Studies
...devoid of grasses and includes a mix of shrubs including prickly ash ( Zanthoxylem americanum) and smooth sumac (Rhus glabra...by C3 plants; e.g., bur oak, eastern red cedar, prickly ash, etc. (Table 1, Fig. 2). Our stable isotope data...
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The Xunhua Salar Wedding
Journal article by Ma Wei, Ma Jianzhong, Kevin Stuart; Asian Folklore Studies, Vol. 58, 2000
Subjects: China--Popular culture, Ethnology--China, Turkmen--Rites and ceremonies
...watermelons, snake melons, onions, garlic, Chinese prickly ash, and chili peppers. Staple foods are made from wheat...milk: white and pure, I wish our girl to be like a prickly ash tree in the backyard, After several years it will bear...
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Cultural and Intercultural Functions of Chinese Restaurants in the Mountain West: an Insider's Perspective
Journal article by Li Li; Western Folklore, Vol. 61, 2002
Subjects: Culture, Food, Minority & ethnic groups
...good" flavors also because Chinese cooks use various ingredients, such as green onions, ginger-roots, Chinese prickly ash, cilantro, anise-seed, gourmet powder, soy sauce, and sesame oil. These ingredients add particular, identifiable...
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magazine articles on: Prickly Ash  - 39 results

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Around the Bend
Magazine article by Robert H. Mohlenbrock; Natural History, Vol. 108, November 1999
Subjects: Florida, Forests, Wetlands, Wildlife, Wildlife sanctuaries
...basswood, red maple, and white ash typically in the upper canopy...trees are sweet gum, green ash, live oak, American elm...poison oak. Wildflowers include prickly pear cacti, wild petunia...red cedars, soapwort trees, prickly ash (or toothache) trees...
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Of Water and Wire Grass
Magazine article by Robert H. Mohlenbrock; Natural History, Vol. 110, November 2001
Subjects: Florida, Grasslands, Habitats, Myakka River State Park, Parks & recreation areas, Rivers, Wetlands
...species of wild coffee, pigeon berry or rouge-plant, prickly ash, marlberry, and colicwood. The wild coffee plants...regions of the United States and in the park. The tropical prickly ash has a temperate equivalent called the toothache tree...
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Back in Circulation
Magazine article by Ellen Cavalli; Vegetarian Times, July 1999
Subjects: Herbs, Legs, Varicose veins, Vitamins, Walking
...your own tonic, Hoffmann recommends equal parts of tinctures of horse chestnut seed, hawthorn (Crataegi foliam), prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum; a blood stimulant), ginkgo biloba (also a blood stimulant that reduces the cosmetic discoloration...
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Cancer: The Ultimate Price of Progress: Modern Life Is Killing Us. despite Billions Spent on Research, Cancer Is on the Increase, Affecting Staggering Numbers in the West
Magazine article by Rory Spowers; Geographical, Vol. 74, October 2002
Subjects: Cancer, Cancer Research Campaign, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Institute of Cancer Research, Oncology, Experimental
...mixture has been used since 1925, combining amarga, berberis root, buckthorn bark, burdock, liquorice, poke root, prickly ash, red clover, stillingia root and potassium iodide. In Australia, Start Sheldon used an old Aboriginal tea made from...
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People without History
Magazine article by Richard Maxwell; American Theatre, Vol. 26, September 2009
...Rowanberries, blackthorn. Plenty to eat if you know how to look. And now here. Deeper in these woods. Horsetail, prickly ash, juniper, bloodroot and gingerroot and hawthorn. All growing. All right before your eyes. Youve got exotica. Right...
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newspaper articles on: Prickly Ash  - 29 results

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Solo Ash Acoustic Bash Sets the Night on Fire; THE BEAUTIFUL NORTH
Newspaper article by Colin Murray; The People (London, England), May 17, 1998
Solo Ash Acoustic Bash Sets the Night on Fire; THE BEAUTIFUL NORTH. by Colin Murray ASH frontman Tim Wheeler wont have to sweat quite as...North - watched as Wheeler worked his way through Ash hits, new material and covers, including Teenage...
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Tell Cook His Ashes Place Is on the Line
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 10, 2010
Tell Cook His Ashes Place Is on the Line. Byline: NASSER...record against Australia, should be in the Ashes squad. I am not sure sending him back...but they must not become too arrogant or prickly. Otherwise standards can drop. Cook...
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Wright Is Chasing 5-0 Statement for Ashes; England Can Put Australia in Their Place
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), June 27, 2010
Subjects: Cricket, Cricket (Sport)
...Chasing 5-0 Statement for Ashes; England Can Put Australia...down a marker for this winters Ashes. Englands cricketers understand...Its nothing to do with the Ashes. It is always important to...Ricky Ponting delivered a prickly response to the suggestion that...
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Wright Is Chasing 5-0 Statement for Ashes; England Can Put Australia in Their Place
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), June 27, 2010
Subjects: Cricket, Cricket (Sport)
...Chasing 5-0 Statement for Ashes; England Can Put Australia...down a marker for this winters Ashes. englands cricketers understand...its nothing to do with the Ashes. it is always important to...Ricky Ponting delivered a prickly response to the suggestion that...
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Cricket: Somebody Up There Likes Me! EXCLUSIVE: AT LAST SOME GOOD NEWS ON EVE OF 2ND ASHES TEST AUSTRALIA V ENGLAND, 12.30AM START VAUGHAN DELIGHTED WITH COMEBACK DESPITE RAIN BREAKS, A TINY CROWD, A CABBAGE-PATCH PITCH.. AND A SEVENTH-BALL DUCK
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), November 30, 2006
...Likes Me! EXCLUSIVE: AT LAST SOME GOOD NEWS ON EVE OF 2ND ASHES TEST AUSTRALIA V ENGLAND, 12.30AM START VAUGHAN DELIGHTED...England captaincy later in this series. Flintoff has grown prickly whenever the prospect of Vaughans return has been mooted during...
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encyclopedia articles on: Prickly Ash  - 5 results

 
 
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Prickly Ash
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PRICKLY ASH name for two deciduous shrubs or small...are native to E North America and have prickly twigs and foliage similar to that of the...Hercules-club. Both Hercules-club and prickly ash are names sometimes used for an unrelated...
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Ash , in Botany
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...source of commercial manna . The name flowering ash is also applied to a shrubby species ( F. cuspidata...family) of North America and China. The mountain ash and prickly ash are not true ashes. Ashes are classified in the division Magnoliophyta...
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Hercules'-Club
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...several small, thorny trees, chiefly the devils-walking-stick of the family Aralaceae ( ginseng family) and the prickly ash of the family Rutaceae ( orange family). The families are classified in the division Magnoliophyta , class Magnoliopsida...
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Rue
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...species of the Rutaceae yield lumber used for cabinetwork, e.g., the orange and the species called satinwood . The prickly ash , native to North America, is used in domestic brews and is often planted as a fragrant garden ornamental, as are...
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Toothache Tree
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TOOTHACHE TREE see prickly ash . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.


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