PRICKWOOD

Etymology

Noun

prickwood (usually uncountable, plural prickwoods)

A shrub (Euonymus europaeus), the spindle tree.

Source: Wiktionary


Prick"wood`, n. (Bot.)

Definition: A shrub (Euonymus Europæus); -- so named from the use of its wood for goads, skewers, and shoe pegs. Called also spindle tree.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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