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Buckthorn \Buck"thorn`\, n. (Bot.) A genus (Rhamnus) of shrubs or trees. The shorter branches of some species terminate in long spines or thorns. See Rhamnus. [1913 Webster]

Sea buckthorn, a plant of the genus Hippopha["e]. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

buckthorn

noun

1: a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments
2: any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia
3: an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions [syn: English plantain, narrow-leaved plantain, ribgrass, ribwort, ripple-grass, Plantago lanceolata]

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Buckthorn \Buck"thorn`\, n. (Bot.) A genus (Rhamnus) of shrubs or trees. The shorter branches of some species terminate in long spines or thorns. See Rhamnus.

Sea buckthorn, a plant of the genus Hippopha["e].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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