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buckthorn, n.
(buckthorns)

an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions
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English plantain Plantago lanceolata buckthorn narrow-leaved plantain ribgrass ribwort ripple-grass

semantic pointers

hypernym

plantain

any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia
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buckthorn

semantic pointers

member holonym

Bumelia, genus Bumelia

hypernym

bush, shrub

hyponym

southern buckthorn, shittimwood, shittim, mock orange, Bumelia lycioides false buckthorn, chittamwood, chittimwood, shittimwood, black haw, Bumelia lanuginosa

a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments
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buckthorn

semantic pointers

hypernym

bush, shrub

member holonym

Rhamnus, genus Rhamnus

part meronym

buckthorn berry, yellow berry

hyponym

cascara buckthorn, bearberry, bearwood, chittamwood, chittimwood, Rhamnus purshianus Carolina buckthorn, indian cherry, Rhamnus carolinianus coffeeberry, California buckthorn, California coffee, Rhamnus californicus alder buckthorn, alder dogwood, Rhamnus frangula redberry, red-berry, Rhamnus croceus