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toothache tree

toothache tree

noun

  1. another name for prickly ash
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of toothache tree1

An Americanism dating back to 1720–30
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The prickly ash tree, Xanthoxylum, is also known as the tickle‑ tongue tree or the toothache tree because its sap or berries produce a numbing, tingling sensation when ingested.

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Like I’d chewed the bark from a toothache tree and it had made me dizzy.

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