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English noun: buckthorn

1. buckthorn (plant) a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments


Broader (hypernym)bush, shrub


Narrower (hyponym)alder buckthorn, alder dogwood, bearberry, bearwood, California buckthorn, California coffee, Carolina buckthorn, cascara buckthorn, chittamwood, chittimwood, coffeeberry, indian cherry, red-berry, redberry, Rhamnus californicus, Rhamnus carolinianus, Rhamnus croceus, Rhamnus frangula, Rhamnus purshianus


Part holonymbuckthorn berry, yellow berry


Member meronymgenus Rhamnus, Rhamnus

2. buckthorn (plant) any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia


Broader (hypernym)bush, shrub


Narrower (hyponym)black haw, Bumelia lanuginosa, Bumelia lycioides, chittamwood, chittimwood, false buckthorn, mock orange, shittim, shittimwood, shittimwood, southern buckthorn


Member meronymBumelia, genus Bumelia

3. buckthorn (plant) an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions


SynonymsEnglish plantain, narrow-leaved plantain, Plantago lanceolata, ribgrass, ribwort, ripple-grass


Broader (hypernym)plantain









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