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2 definitions found 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["e]}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: buckthorn n 1: a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments 2: any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia 3: an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions [syn: {English plantain}, {narrow-leaved plantain}, {ribgrass}, {ribwort}, {ripple-grass}, {Plantago lanceolata}]
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