buckthorn : Idioms & Phrases


alder buckthorn

  • noun small tree common in Europe
    alder dogwood; Rhamnus frangula.
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buckthorn berry

  • noun fruit of various buckthorns yielding dyes or pigments
    yellow berry.
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buckthorn family

  • noun trees and shrubs usually thorny bearing drupaceous fruit many having medicinal value
    Rhamnaceae; family Rhamnaceae.
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california buckthorn

  • noun evergreen shrub of western United States bearing small red or black fruits
    California coffee; Rhamnus californicus; coffeeberry.
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carolina buckthorn

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.
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southern buckthorn

  • noun shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit
    mock orange; Bumelia lycioides; shittim; shittimwood.
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