buckthorn : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: buckthorn	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for buckthorn
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
buckthorn n a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions Synonym(s): English plantain, narrow-leaved plantain, ribgrass, ribwort, ripple- grass, buckthorn, Plantago lanceolata
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buckthorn \Buck"thorn`\, n. (Bot.) A genus ({Rhamnus}) of shrubs or trees. The shorter branches of some species terminate in long spines or thorns. See {Rhamnus}. {Sea buckthorn}, a plant of the genus {Hippopha[89]}.