Buckthorn

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Rhamnus, which includes several ornamentals and a few medicinal species such as the cascara buckthorn.
  • n. See bumelia.
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  • n. Any of several, often thorny shrubs or small trees of the genus Rhamnus, especially the common buckthorn or purging buckthorn; Rhamnus cathartica.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A genus (Rhamnus) of shrubs or trees. The shorter branches of some species terminate in long spines or thorns. See rhamnus.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The popular name of species of Rhamnus (which see).
  • n. A local English name of the haddock: chiefly applied to dried haddock.
  • n. In the southern United States any species of the genus Bumelia, particularly B. lycioides.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions
  • n. a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments
  • n. any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia
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    plantain   
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    Rhamnus   
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    Ltd.    blackthorn    redbud    iconnect    mpx   
     
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