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buckthorn
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun buckthorn has 3 senses
- buckthorn(n = noun.plant) Array - a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments; Array is a kind of bush, shrub
- buckthorn(n = noun.plant) Array - any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia; Array is a member of bumelia, genus bumelia
- buckthorn(n = noun.plant) english plantain, narrow-leaved plantain, plantago lanceolata, ribgrass, ribwort, ripple-grass - an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions; Array is a kind of plantain
is a member of genus rhamnus, rhamnus
has parts: buckthorn berry, yellow berry
has particulars: bearberry, bearwood, cascara buckthorn, chittamwood, chittimwood, rhamnus purshianus, carolina buckthorn, indian cherry, rhamnus carolinianus, california buckthorn, california coffee, coffeeberry, rhamnus californicus, alder buckthorn, alder dogwood, rhamnus frangula, red-berry, redberry, rhamnus croceus
has particulars: bumelia lycioides, mock orange, shittim, shittimwood, southern buckthorn, black haw, bumelia lanuginosa, chittamwood, chittimwood, false buckthorn, shittimwood
is a kind of bush, shrub
CIDE DICTIONARY
buckthorn, n.
A genus (Rhamnus ) of shrubs or trees. The shorter branches of some species terminate in long spines or thorns. See Rhamnus. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
buckthorn, n. any thorny shrub of the genus Rhamnus, esp. R. cathartica with berries formerly used as a cathartic.
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