English > buckthorn: 3 senses > noun 1, plant| Meaning | A shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments. |
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| Member of | Rhamnus, genus Rhamnus | type genus of the Rhamnaceae |
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| Parts | buckthorn berry, yellow berry | fruit of various buckthorns yielding dyes or pigments |
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| Narrower | Carolina buckthorn, indian cherry, Rhamnus carolinianus | deciduous shrub of eastern and central United States having black berrylike fruit |
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| alder buckthorn, alder dogwood, Rhamnus frangula | small tree common in Europe |
| cascara buckthorn, bearberry, bearwood, chittamwood, chittimwood, Rhamnus purshianus | shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States |
| coffeeberry, California buckthorn, California coffee, Rhamnus californicus | evergreen shrub of western United States bearing small red or black fruits |
| redberry, red-berry, Rhamnus croceus | small spiny evergreen shrub of western United States and Mexico with minute flowers and bright red berries |
| Broader | shrub, bush | A low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems |
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| Catalan | frangula |
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