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buckthorn
noun(buck-thorn)
any of a genus (Rhamnus of the family Rhamnaceae, the buckthorn family) of often thorny trees or shrubs some of which yield purgatives or pigments
buckthorn
noun(buck-thorn)
a shrub or small tree (Bumelia lycioides) of the sapodilla family of the southern U.S.
buckthorn
noun(buck-thorn)
a buckthorn (Rhamnus purshiana) of the Pacific coast of the U.S. yielding cascara sagrada

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