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Definition of Buckthorns
1. buckthorn [n] - See also: buckthorn
Lexicographical Neighbors of Buckthorns
Literary usage of Buckthorns
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"When people plant buckthorns they order them of nurserymen who offer the vigorous
English Rhamnus cathartica, a clean-leaved, handsome, thorny shrub, ..."
2. Minnesota Plant Life by Conway MacMillan (1899)
"From buckthorns to Prickly-pears. if The twenty first order includes two families,
the buckthorns, of which there are two species, and the vines, ..."
3. Botany of the United States North of Virginia: Comprising Descriptions of by Lewis Caleb Beck (1848)
"buckthorns. Calyx 4—5-cleft, valvate. Petals distinct, inserted into the orifice
of the calyx, occasionally wanting. Stamens definite, opposite the petals. ..."
4. Reports of the Survey (1899)
"From buckthorns to ... includes two families, the buckthorns, of which there are
two species, and the vines, with four grapevines and one Virginia creeper. ..."
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