southern buckthorn

southern buckthorn
noun
shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit
Hypernyms: ↑buckthorn

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noun
: a shrub or small tree (Bumelia lycioides) of the southeastern United States with milky sap, smooth or silky oblong to narrowly obovate leaves, dense clusters of small white flowers followed by dark ovoid fruits, and very tough hard wood

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  • Buckthorn — Taxobox name = Buckthorn image width = 240px image caption = Alder Buckthorn ( Rhamnus frangula ) regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Rosales familia = Rhamnaceae genus = Rhamnus genus authority = L.… …   Wikipedia

  • buckthorn — /buk thawrn /, n. 1. any of several, sometimes thorny trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Rhamnus, esp. R. frangula, the bark of which is used in medicine. Cf. buckthorn family. 2. a tree or shrub belonging to the genus Bumelia, of the… …   Universalium

  • buckthorn — noun Date: 1578 1. any of a genus (Rhamnus of the family Rhamnaceae, the buckthorn family) of often thorny trees or shrubs some of which yield purgatives or pigments 2. a shrub or small tree (Bumelia lycioides) of the sapodilla family of the… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • buckthorn — buck•thorn [[t]ˈbʌkˌθɔrn[/t]] n. 1) pln any of several often thorny trees or shrubs of the genus Rhamnus, of the buckthorn family 2) pln a thorny tree, Bumelia lycioides, of the sapodilla family, common in the southern U.S., having large clusters …   From formal English to slang

  • buckthorn — /ˈbʌkθɔn/ (say bukthawn) noun 1. any of several trees or shrubs (sometimes thorny) belonging to the genus Rhamnus, as R. cathartica, a shrub whose berries were formerly much used in medicine as a purgative, and R. frangula, yielding the buckthorn …  

  • Carolina buckthorn — noun deciduous shrub of eastern and central United States having black berrylike fruit; golden yellow in autumn • Syn: ↑indian cherry, ↑Rhamnus carolinianus • Hypernyms: ↑buckthorn * * * noun Usage: usually capitalized C 1 …   Useful english dictionary

  • false buckthorn — noun deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico • Syn: ↑chittamwood, ↑chittimwood, ↑shittimwood, ↑black haw, ↑Bumelia lanuginosa • Hypernyms: ↑buckthorn * * * noun …   Useful english dictionary

  • false buckthorn — 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. * * * …   Universalium

  • shittimwood — noun 1. deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico • Syn: ↑false buckthorn, ↑chittamwood, ↑chittimwood, ↑black haw, ↑Bumelia lanuginosa • Hypernyms: ↑buckthorn 2. shrubby thorny deciduous tree of …   Useful english dictionary

  • black haw — noun 1. deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico • Syn: ↑false buckthorn, ↑chittamwood, ↑chittimwood, ↑shittimwood, ↑Bumelia lanuginosa • Hypernyms: ↑buckthorn 2. upright deciduous shrub hav …   Useful english dictionary

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