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
