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buckthorn

buckthorn

1 8.1
A bush or small tree with sharp branches and small berries
  • noun
  • /ˈbʌkˌθɔrn/
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  • There's rose oil, and there's sea buckthorn oil, which is really regenerative to the gums and the tissues.
  • buckthorn berries
  • buckthorn juice
  • buckthorn oil

This is infused with C buckthorn and peptides.

Examples

  • The workers harvested buckthorn berries, which are used to make natural dyes.

  • This is made from a buckthorn tree.

  • Looks like there's some fine line buckthorns, good fall color right here.

  • They generally avoid flowers and other decorative growth, he added, and seem drawn to intruders like buckthorn plants.

    Blog text (2)
  • There are fine line buckthorns and oh, purple pillar, purple satin.

  • He got tangled in the climbing roses and buckthorn and vowed never again to ride or walk anywhere near such dangerous plant life.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Species rare or absent elsewhere in Francis Marion National Forest flourished under these conditions, notably small-leaved buckthorn and basswood.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Woad blue, whelk purple, yellow buckthorn and saffron, green woodbine—all came in clothlets.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • A narrow strip of woods includes Carolina buckthorn, providing habitat for local wildlife.

  • In traditional medicine, buckthorn is valued for its health benefits and bright orange berries.

Synonyms

Rhamnus
vsbuckthorn
  • Specialized
9.9

A group of shrubs and small trees in the buckthorn family

is the common name for similar shrubs often with spiny branches and berries

Compounds

A small fruit from a bush used to make yellow dye and herbal medicine

buckthorn family
  • Specialized
9.6

A group of thorny trees and bushes that have small fruit often used for medicine

An evergreen shrub often used in gardens that has small red or black berries

A small bush that loses its leaves and has black berries and golden yellow autumn leaves

cascara buckthorn
  • Specialized
9.9

A small coastal tree whose bark is used to make a medicine for constipation

A small tree that grows in wet places with shiny leaves, small green flowers, and black berries

A tree with berries that grows in southeastern United States and Mexico

A thorny shrub or small tree from the southeastern United States with white flowers and small black berries

Surface Forms

buckthorn singular
buckthorns plural

Morphology

buckthorn = buck + thorn (semi-transparent) = buck + thorn

Formally a clear compound of 'buck' + 'thorn', but the specific botanical sense (a particular shrub with berries/dye use) is not fully predictable from the components alone.

Etymology

The word buckthorn breaks into two easy parts: buck and thorn, where buck can mean 'male deer' and thorn means 'a sharp point'. A helpful way to remember it is to picture a spiny shrub with small berries that might stand where deer walk, so buckthorn is a thorny, berry-bearing bush.