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UK
/bˈʌkθɔːn/
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[ US /ˈbəkˌθɔɹn/ ]
[ US /ˈbəkˌθɔɹn/ ]
NOUN
- any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia
- a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments
- an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions
How To Use buckthorn In A Sentence
- Longan produces mainly grapes, security rice, almond cap Wang, the Chinese sea buckthorn sparkling wine.
- Since 1945, an invasive plant called buckthorn has taken over 60 per cent of the swamp that surrounds the bog, aerial studies show. London Free Press - News
- In this latter type, hairy goldenrod, early goldenrod, dewberry, alder buckthorn, blackberry, Canada mayflower, and poison ivy accounted for 60% of the herb stratum importance.
- Grow caterpillar food-plants, including nettles, buckthorn, hops and lady's smock. Times, Sunday Times
- Vegetation is wild oat, cheatgrass, flatspine stickweed, California buckthorn, whiteleaf manzanita, honeysuckle, brackenfern, hedgehog dogstail, chaparral coffeeberry, toyon, Pacific poison oak, interior and canyon live oak, Pacific madrone, and scattered ponderosa pine, foothill pine, incense cedar and California black oak.
- If buckthorn-control is not started immediately, the entire swamp could be classified as a buckthorn thicket and the invasion of buckthorn on the open bog mat advanced," Bergsma and Quinlan warn. London Free Press - News
- The jujube (pronounced juh-ju-bee or juh-juh-bee) is a member of the buckthorn family, or Rhamnaceae.
- She shared her longings for salt myrtle, buckthorn, and the double pink blossoms of Rosa rugosa. Sea Escape
- Sometimes volunteers pull weeds at events called buckthorn busts. StarTribune.com rss feed
- Cascara sagrada buckthorn, senna, and aloe are not in widespread use, but in people with irregular heartbeat, these herbs can reduce blood levels of potassium and increase the effects of drugs that regulate heart rhythms, such as lanoxin. The Best Alternative Medicine
