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Buckthorn

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Noun

1. buckthorn

a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments

2. buckthorn

any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia

3. buckthorn, 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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Buckthorn

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noun
any of several thorny small-flowered shrubs of the genus Rhamnus, esp the Eurasian species R. cathartica, whose berries were formerly used as a purgative: family Rhamnaceae
See also sea buckthorn

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Buckthorn

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noun
1. 
any of a genus (Rhamnus) of thorny trees or shrubs of the buckthorn family, bearing small greenish flowers and purple berries
2. 
any of a genus (Bumelia) of trees of the sapodilla family, native to the S U.S.
adjective
3. 
designating a family (Rhamnaceae, order Rhamnales) of dicotyledonous shrubs and trees, including the cascara, jujube, and redroot

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Buckthorn

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n.
1. Any of various shrubs or small trees of the genera Rhamnus and Frangula, including several ornamentals, medicinal species such as the cascara buckthorn, and the invasive species R. cathartica.
2. See bumelia.

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