buckthorn
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(noun) any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia |
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Related Words: Bumelia lanuginosa, Bumelia lycioides, black haw, bush, chittamwood, chittimwood, false buckthorn, mock orange, shittim, shittimwood, shrub, southern buckthorn |
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(noun) a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments |
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Related Words: California buckthorn, California coffee, Carolina buckthorn, Rhamnus californicus, Rhamnus carolinianus, Rhamnus croceus, Rhamnus frangula, Rhamnus purshianus, alder buckthorn, alder dogwood, bearberry, bearwood, bush, cascara buckthorn, chittamwood, chittimwood, coffeeberry, indian cherry, redberry, shrub |
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(noun) an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions |
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Synonyms: English plantain, Plantago lanceolata, narrow-leaved plantain, ribgrass, ribwort, ripple-grass |
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Related Words: plantain |
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