English noun: buckthorn |
| 1. | buckthorn (plant) a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments |
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| Broader (hypernym) | bush, shrub |
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| 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 |
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| Part holonym | buckthorn berry, yellow berry |
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| Member meronym | genus Rhamnus, Rhamnus |
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| 2. | buckthorn (plant) any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia |
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| Broader (hypernym) | bush, shrub |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | black haw, Bumelia lanuginosa, Bumelia lycioides, chittamwood, chittimwood, false buckthorn, mock orange, shittim, shittimwood, shittimwood, southern buckthorn |
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| Member meronym | Bumelia, genus Bumelia |
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| 3. | buckthorn (plant) an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions |
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| Synonyms | English plantain, narrow-leaved plantain, Plantago lanceolata, ribgrass, ribwort, ripple-grass |
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| Broader (hypernym) | plantain |
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