buckthorn

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Etymology

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Calque of Latin cervī spīna (deer's thorny shrub), cervi (deer's) being the genitive singular of cervus (deer), from Proto-Italic *kerwos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂wós, from *ḱerh₂- (horn) + *-wós, spīna (thorny shrub) from Proto-Italic *speinā, from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (sharp point). By surface analysis, buck +‎ thorn.

Noun

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buckthorn (plural buckthorns)

  1. Any of several, often thorny shrubs or small trees, especially
    1. the family Rhamnaceae, the buckthorn family,
      1. especially genus Rhamnus,
        1. especially the common buckthorn or purging buckthorn; Rhamnus cathartica.
      2. also genus Frangula, especially Frangula alnus, the alder buckthorn.
    2. Hippophae (family Elaeagnaceae), the sea buckthorn.

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