Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of plants, of the order Rutaceæ, type of the tribe Xanthoxyleæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A genus of prickly shrubs or small trees, the bark and rots of which are of a deep yellow color; prickly ash.
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Other places that are slightly less arid support semi-desert shrub communities, comprised of wormwoods (Artemisia salsoloides, A. ordosica), beancaper (Zygophyllum xanthoxylum), and Calligonum mongolicum.
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