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单词 buckthorn
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Definition of buckthorn in English:

buckthorn

noun ˈbʌkθɔːnˈbəkθɔrn
  • A shrub or small tree that typically bears thorns and black berries. Some kinds yield dyes and others have been used medicinally.

    鼠李

    Genus Rhamnus, family Rhamnaceae: several species, including the common buckthorn (R. cathartica), with berries formerly used as a cathartic. See also alder buckthorn

    Example sentencesExamples
    • We do not recommend strong laxatives such as senna or buckthorn for you.
    • The jujube (pronounced juh-ju-bee or juh-juh-bee) is a member of the buckthorn family, or Rhamnaceae.
    • These herbal teas typically include senna, aloe, buckthorn and other plant-derived laxatives.
    • It requires two species of host plant to complete its life cycle: common buckthorn and soybean.
    • Minqin also planted ramparts of rose willow, buckthorn and other deep-root trees in a 200-mile file along the desert fronts.

Origin

Late 16th century: from buck1 in the sense 'deer' + thorn, translating modern Latin spina cervina.

Definition of buckthorn in US English:

buckthorn

nounˈbəkθɔrnˈbəkTHôrn
  • 1A shrub or small tree of the buckthorn family, typically bearing thorns. Some kinds yield dyes, and others have been used medicinally.

    鼠李

    Genus Rhamnus, family Rhamnaceae: several species, including the European common buckthorn (R. cathartica), now established in the northeastern and central US, and the Carolina buckthorn (R. caroliniana) of the southern US

    Example sentencesExamples
    • We do not recommend strong laxatives such as senna or buckthorn for you.
    • Minqin also planted ramparts of rose willow, buckthorn and other deep-root trees in a 200-mile file along the desert fronts.
    • It requires two species of host plant to complete its life cycle: common buckthorn and soybean.
    • The jujube (pronounced juh-ju-bee or juh-juh-bee) is a member of the buckthorn family, or Rhamnaceae.
    • These herbal teas typically include senna, aloe, buckthorn and other plant-derived laxatives.
  • 2A shrub or small tree of the sapodilla family, with sharp thorns and clusters of small white flowers, commonly found in moist soils of the southern and central US.

    Bumelia lycioides, family Sapotaceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Both Ives Road Fen and Hillside Prairie have large populations of glossy buckthorn, cattails (Typha L. spp.), and purple loosestrife (C. Clampitt pers. comm.).
    • Multiple generations of wingless female aphids are produced on soybeans until late summer/fall, when winged females and males are produced that migrate back to buckthorn, where they mate.
    • Thirty hours after we set off, we encounter our final test, orienteering through buckthorn, insidious brush that's nicknamed Big Bear Barbwire.
    • Tending gardens and farms amongst such lushness, I was tested by tenacious Himalayan blackberry, sharp buckthorn, and deep rooted, heavy seeded, curly dock.
    • The surprising thing was the field was quite far from any buckthorn where aphids might have over-wintered.

Origin

Late 16th century: from buck in the sense ‘deer’ + thorn, translating modern Latin spina cervina.

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