buckthorn
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Definitions
Noun
a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments
Noun
any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia
Noun
an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions
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alder buckthorn
alder dogwood
bearberry
bearwood
black haw
Bumelia lanuginosa
Bumelia lycioides
California buckthorn
California coffee
Carolina buckthorn
cascara buckthorn
chittamwood
chittimwood
coffeeberry
false buckthorn
indian cherry
mock orange
redberry
red-berry
Rhamnus californicus
Rhamnus carolinianus
Rhamnus croceus
Rhamnus frangula
Rhamnus purshianus
shittim
shittimwood
southern buckthorn