buckthorn

1. A shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus;
   Fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments (synset 113161918)
   is a type of: bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
   subtypes:

   • bearberry, bearwood, cascara buckthorn, chittamwood, chittimwood, rhamnus purshianus - shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada
   • carolina buckthorn, indian cherry, rhamnus carolinianus - deciduous shrub of eastern and central United States having black berrylike fruit; golden-yellow in autumn
   • california buckthorn, california coffee, coffeeberry, rhamnus californicus - evergreen shrub of western United States bearing small red or black fruits
   • alder buckthorn, alder dogwood, rhamnus frangula - small tree common in Europe
   • red-berry, redberry, rhamnus croceus - small spiny evergreen shrub of western United States and Mexico with minute flowers and bright red berries
   belongs to: genus rhamnus, rhamnus - type genus of the Rhamnaceae: buckthorns
   has: buckthorn berry, yellow berry - fruit of various buckthorns yielding dyes or pigments
2. Any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia (synset 112793513)
   is a type of: bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
   subtypes:

   • bumelia lycioides, mock orange, shittim, shittimwood, southern buckthorn - shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit
   • black haw, bumelia lanuginosa, chittamwood, chittimwood, false buckthorn, shittimwood - deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico
   belongs to: bumelia, genus bumelia - deciduous or evergreen American shrubs small trees having very hard wood and milky latex
3. An Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions (synset 112619946)
   is a type of: plantain - any of numerous plants of the genus Plantago; mostly small roadside or dooryard weeds with elliptic leaves and small spikes of very small flowers; seeds of some used medicinally
   same as: english plantain, narrow-leaved plantain, plantago lanceolata, ribgrass, ribwort, ripple-grass

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