Prickly Ash

Prickly ash may refer to:

  • Aralia spinosa
  • Zanthoxylum, which Sichuan pepper comes from

Famous quotes containing the words prickly and/or ash:

    “What is this beast, she thought,
    with muscles on his arms
    like a bag of snakes?
    What is this moss on his legs?
    What prickly plant grows on his cheeks?
    What is this voice as deep as a dog?”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “The last cobwebs
    of fog in the
    black firtrees are flakes
    of white ash in the world’s hearth.”
    —Denise Levertov (b. 1923)