buckthorn

English

Etymology

buck +‎ thorn (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from which etymology/'meaning group' of buck?”)

Noun

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.

Derived terms

• alder buckthorn - Frangula alnus ( <= Rhamnus frangula), Frangula caroliniana ( <= Rhamnus caroliniana)
• alderleaf buckthorn - Rhamnus alnifolia
• buckthorn bully - Sideroxylon lycioides
• California buckthorn - Frangula californica
• Carolina buckthorn - Frangula caroliniana
• Cascara buckthorn - Frangula purshiana
• Chinese buckthorn - Rhamnus utilis
• Dahurian buckthorn - Rhamnus davurica
• dyer's buckthorn - Rhamnus saxatalis ( <= Rhamnus infectoria)
• glossy buckthorn - Frangula alnus
• hollyleaf buckthorn - Rhamnus crocea subsp. pilosa
• Italian buckthorn - Rhamnus alaternus
• Jamaica buckthorn - Rosa laevigata
• Japanese buckthorn - Rhamnus japonica
• lanceleaf buckthorn - Rhamnus lanceolata
• mock buckthorn - Sageretia
• Modoc buckthorn - Frangula rubra subsp. modocensis
• Nevada buckthorn - Frangula rubra subsp. nevadensis
• obovate buckthorn - Frangula betulifolia subsp. obovata
• obtuse buckthorn - Frangula rubra subsp. obtusissima
• red buckthorn - Frangula rubra
• redberry buckthorn - Rhamnus crocea
• rock buckthorn - Rhamnus saxatilis
• sawleaf buckthorn - Rhamnus serrata
• sea buckthorn - Hippophae spp., esp. Hippophae rhamnoides
• sharp-tooth buckthorn - Rhamnus arguta
• Siberian buckthorn - Rhamnus erythroxylon
• Smith's buckthorn - Rhamnus smithii
• Southern buckthorn - Sideroxylon lycioides ( <= Bumelia lycioides)
• Texas buckthorn - Ziziphus obtusifolia
• West Indian buckthorn - Frangula sphaerosperma
• Yosemite buckthorn Frangula rubra subsp. yosemitana

Translations

plant of the genus Rhamnus

• Arabic: سِدْر m (sidr)
• Armenian: դժնիկ (hy) (džnik), ալաժահրի (hy) (alažahri)
• Esperanto: ramno
• Estonian: türnpuu
• Finnish: paatsama (fi)
• French: nerprun (fr)
• Galician: aderno m
• German: Kreuzdorn m
• Greek: λευκαγκαθιά f (lefkagkathiá)
• Latin: calabrix f
• Polish: szakłak (pl) m
• Portuguese: aderno m, alaterno m
• Romanian: verigar (ro) m
• Russian: круши́на (ru) f (krušína)
• Swedish: getapel (sv) c
• Volapük: ramnud

Rhamnus cathartica

• Basque: hesilahar
• Catalan: espina vera
• Estonian: harilik türnpuu
• Finnish: orapaatsama (fi)
• French: nerprun purgatif m
• Galician: escambrón (gl) m
• German: Purgier-Kreuzdorn m
• Irish: paide bréan m
• Persian: اشنگور (ašangur), کلیکک (kalikak)
• Romanian: verigar (ro) m
• Spanish: espino cerval
• Swedish: getapel (sv) c, vägtorn (sv) c
• Welsh: rhafnwydd f pl

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• Bulgarian: зърнастец (zǎrnastec)