buckthorn
Noun
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A shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus;
Fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments (synset 113161918)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: buckthornshas: buckthorn berry, yellow berry - fruit of various buckthorns yielding dyes or pigments -
Any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia (synset 112793513)
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 -
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
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