false buckthorn

false buckthorn
noun
deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico
Hypernyms: ↑buckthorn

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noun
: a spiny tree (Bumelia lanuginosa) of the southern United States having oblong to obovate leaves with the undersurface dull and woolly, small greenish white flowers followed by dark globular fruits, and very hard tough wood

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a spiny shrub or small tree, Bumelia lanuginosa, of the sapodilla family, native to the southern U.S., having gummy, milky sap and white, bell-shaped flowers and yielding a hard, light-brown wood.

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