Definition of
buckthorn has definitions from the field of botany
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[ noun ] (botany) any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia

Related terms

shrub southern_buckthorn false_buckthorn Bumelia

2
[ noun ] (botany) a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments

Related terms

shrub cascara_buckthorn redberry Carolina_buckthorn coffeeberry alder_buckthorn Rhamnus buckthorn_berry

3
[ noun ] (botany) an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions

Synonyms

narrow-leaved_plantain ribgrass ribwort ripple-grass Plantago_lanceolata English_plantain

Related terms

plantain

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Rhymes with

thorn hawthorn osborne hawthorne bighorn bullhorn capricorn corn popcorn shopworn waterborne unborn pronghorn longhorn bourne born bourn shoehorn adorn torn airborne inborn acorn scorn seaborne shorn unicorn horn firstborn worn porn warn mourn sworn leghorn wellborn lowborn newborn reborn forlorn stillborn

Phonetic and Homophones

B AH1 K TH AO2 R N

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