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noun
Any of several, often thorny shrubs or small trees, especially
the buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae),
especially genus Rhamnus,
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any of several, often thorny shrubs or small trees, especially
the buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae),
especially genus Rhamnus,
especially common buckthorn or purging buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica).
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noun
Any of several, often thorny shrubs or small trees, especially
the buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae),
also alder buckthorn (Frangula), especially Frangula alnus).
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noun
Any of several, often thorny shrubs or small trees, especially
sea buckthorn (Hippophae, in family Elaeagnaceae).
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noun
an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: English plantain, narrow-leaved plantain, ribgrass, ribwort, ripple-grass, Plantago lanceolata
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Broader terms: plantain
noun
any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: shrub, bush
Narrower terms: southern buckthorn, shittimwood, shittim, mock orange, Bumelia lycioides, false buckthorn, chittamwood, chittimwood, black haw, Bumelia lanuginosa
noun
a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: shrub, bush
Narrower terms: cascara buckthorn, bearberry, bearwood, chittamwood, chittimwood, Rhamnus purshianus, Carolina buckthorn, indian cherry, Rhamnus carolinianus, coffeeberry, California buckthorn, California coffee, Rhamnus californicus, alder buckthorn, alder dogwood, Rhamnus frangula, redberry, red-berry, Rhamnus croceus
History
Calque of Latin cervī spīna (“deer's thorny shrub”), cervi (“deer's”) being the genitive singular of cervus (“deer”), from Proto-Italic *kerwos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h2wós, from *ḱerh2- (“horn”) + *-wós, spīna (“thorny shrub”) from Proto-Italic *speinā, from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“sharp point”). By surface analysis, buck + thorn.
Across languages
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