buckthorn
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noun
1.
any of several, sometimes thorny trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Rhamnus, especially R. frangula, the bark of which is used in medicine. Compare buckthorn family.
2.
a tree or shrub belonging to the genus Bumelia, of the sapodilla family, especially B. lycioides, a thorny tree having elliptic leaves and large clusters of white flowers, common in the southern and part of the central U.S.
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| See also sea buckthorn any of several thorny small-flowered shrubs of the genus Rhamnus, esp the Eurasian species R. cathartica, whose berries were formerly used as a purgative: family Rhamnaceae | |
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buckthorn
any of about 100 species of shrubs or trees belonging to the genus Rhamnus, family Rhamnaceae, native to temperate areas in the Northern Hemisphere. The cascara buckthorn (R. purshiana) is the source of cascara sagrada, a cathartic drug.
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Example sentences
Glossy buckthorn and other invasive shrubs are moving into this beautiful wet meadow.
Buckthorn seedlings appear vulnerable to fire, perhaps due to their poorly established root structure.
Buckthorn may also offer birds less in the way of a nesting structure.
Common buckthorn readily invades natural communities.
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