Buckthorn Definition

bŭkthôrn
noun
Any of a genus (Rhamnus) of thorny trees or shrubs of the buckthorn family, bearing small greenish flowers and purple berries.
Webster's New World
Any of a genus (Bumelia) of trees of the sapodilla family, native to the S U.S.
Webster's New World
Any of several often thorny North American trees or shrubs of the genus Sideroxylon (formerly Bumelia ), especially S. lanuginosum or S. lycioides of the southern United States, having very hard wood and black fleshy fruit.
American Heritage Medicine
Synonyms:
  • Plantago lanceolata
  • ripple-grass
  • ribwort
  • ribgrass
  • narrow-leaved plantain
  • English plantain
adjective
Designating a family (Rhamnaceae, order Rhamnales) of dicotyledonous shrubs and trees, including the cascara, jujube, and redroot.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Buckthorn

Noun

Singular:
buckthorn
Plural:
buckthorns

Origin of Buckthorn

  • Translation of New Latin cervī spīna cervī genitive of cervus deer, buck spīna thorn

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • buck +‎ thorn

    From Wiktionary

Buckthorn Sentence Examples

  • Like the sand-reed, the dewberry bramble and the shrub of the buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) perform a useful service in helping to bind the sand together.

  • This reserve is noted for its creeping willow while other trees include purging buckthorn, birch and crab apple.

  • Using shrub species to act as a barrier between wood and roadside (holly, hawthorn, hazel, dog rose, buckthorn ).

  • Other stimulant laxatives include buckthorn, alder buckthorn (Rhamnus frangula ), and rhubarb (Rheum officinale, R. palmatum ).

  • Small shrubs of alder buckthorn occur mainly on the northern edge of the open moss.

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