English Explanatory Dictionary

prickwood

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A shrub (Euonymus europaeus), the spindle tree.

Word forms

prickwood prickwoods

Etymology

From prick + wood, so named from the use of its wood for goads, skewers, and shoe pegs.

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