buckthorn : Idioms & Phrases
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alder buckthorn
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noun small tree common in Europe
alder dogwood; Rhamnus frangula.
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buckthorn berry
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noun fruit of various buckthorns yielding dyes or pigments
yellow berry.
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buckthorn family
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noun trees and shrubs usually thorny bearing drupaceous fruit many having medicinal value
Rhamnaceae; family Rhamnaceae.
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california buckthorn
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noun evergreen shrub of western United States bearing small red or black fruits
California coffee; Rhamnus californicus; coffeeberry.
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carolina buckthorn
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noun deciduous shrub of eastern and central United States having black berrylike fruit; golden-yellow in autumn
indian cherry; Rhamnus carolinianus.
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cascara buckthorn
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noun shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada
bearberry; Rhamnus purshianus; chittamwood; chittimwood; bearwood.
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false buckthorn
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noun deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico
shittimwood; chittamwood; black haw; chittimwood; Bumelia lanuginosa.
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Sea buckthorn
- a plant of the genus
Hippophaë .
Webster 1913
southern buckthorn
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noun shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit
mock orange; Bumelia lycioides; shittim; shittimwood.