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buckthorn
 
Noun buckthorn has 3 senses
  1. buckthorn - a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments
    --1 is a kind of     shrub, bush
    --1 is a member of Rhamnus, genus Rhamnus
    --1 has parts: buckthorn berry, yellow berry
    --1 has particulars:
     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
  2. buckthorn - any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia
    --2 is a kind of     shrub, bush
    --2 is a member of Bumelia, genus Bumelia
    --2 has particulars:
     southern buckthorn, shittimwood, shittim, mock orange, Bumelia lycioides; false buckthorn, chittamwood, chittimwood, shittimwood, black haw, Bumelia lanuginosa
  3. English plantain, narrow-leaved plantain, ribgrass, ribwort, ripple-grass, buckthorn, Plantago lanceolata - an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions
    --3 is a kind of plantain
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