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Buckthorn

//ˈbʌk.θɔːn// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of several, often thorny shrubs or small trees, especially; the buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae),; especially genus Rhamnus,
  2. 2
    an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions wordnet
  3. 3
    Any of several, often thorny shrubs or small trees, especially; the buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae),; especially genus Rhamnus,; especially common buckthorn or purging buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica).
  4. 4
    any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia wordnet
  5. 5
    Any of several, often thorny shrubs or small trees, especially; the buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae),; also alder buckthorn (Frangula), especially Frangula alnus).
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  1. 6
    a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments wordnet
  2. 7
    Any of several, often thorny shrubs or small trees, especially; sea buckthorn (Hippophae, in family Elaeagnaceae).

Etymology

Calque of Latin cervī spīna (“deer's thorny shrub”), cervi (“deer's”) being the genitive singular of cervus (“deer”), from Proto-Italic *kerwos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂wós, from *ḱerh₂- (“horn”) + *-wós, spīna (“thorny shrub”) from Proto-Italic *speinā, from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“sharp point”). By surface analysis, buck + thorn.

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