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buckthorn
n.
thorny tree which yields pigments
Rhamnus (genus)
Rhamnus is a
genus of about 150
species (fewer, if some species are placed in
Frangula), which are
shrubs or small
trees, commonly known as
buckthorns. It is part of the family
Rhamnaceae. Its species range from 1 to 10 meters tall (rarely to 15 m) and are native mainly in east Asia and North America, but found throughout the temperate and subtropical
Northern Hemisphere, and also more locally in the subtropical
Southern Hemisphere in parts of
Africa and
South America.
buckthorn
Noun
1. a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments
(hypernym) shrub, bush
(hyponym) cascara buckthorn, bearberry, bearwood, chittamwood, chittimwood, Rhamnus purshianus
(member-holonym) Rhamnus, genus Rhamnus
(part-meronym) buckthorn berry, yellow berry
2. any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia
(hypernym) shrub, bush
(hyponym) southern buckthorn, shittimwood, shittim, mock orange, Bumelia lycioides
(member-holonym) Bumelia, genus Bumelia
3. an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions
(synonym) English plantain, narrow-leaved plantain, ribgrass, ribwort, ripple-grass, Plantago lanceolata
(hypernym) plantain
Buckthorn
(n.)
A genus (Rhamnus) of shrubs or trees. The shorter branches of some species terminate in long spines or thorns. See Rhamnus.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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