HyperDic: buckthorn_family

English > 1 sense of the expression buckthorn family:
NOUNplantbuckthorn family, Rhamnaceae, family Rhamnaceaetrees and shrubs usually thorny bearing drupaceous fruit many having medicinal value
English > buckthorn family: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningTrees and shrubs usually thorny bearing drupaceous fruit many having medicinal value.
SynonymsRhamnaceae, family Rhamnaceae
Member ofRhamnales, order RhamnalesAn order of dicotyledonous plants
MembersColubrina, genus ColubrinaMostly tropical American shrubs or small trees with small yellowish flowers and yellow or red fruits
Paliurus, genus Paliurusthorny Eurasian shrubs
Pomaderris, genus PomaderrisA genus of Australasian shrubs and trees
Rhamnus, genus Rhamnustype genus of the Rhamnaceae
Ziziphus, genus ZiziphusSpiny chiefly tropical American and Asiatic shrubs
Broaderdicot family, magnoliopsid familyfamily of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishramnáceas
CatalanRhamnaceae

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