buckthorn
buhk thawrn
- n a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments
- n any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia
- n an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions
- One day Reagan brushed against the native buckthorn bush, and its berries rubbed off on him.
- She can also slash through the window boxes and buckthorn hedges and expose the peckernecks who have moved to town and put on pretensions.
- When Lev Glazman, CEO of Boston-based Fresh cosmetics, was growing up in Russia, sea buckthorn berry oil was a popular home remedy his mother applied to scrapes and burns.