Anagram Solver
Scrabble Word Finder & Unscrambler
Showing words for BUCKTHORN using the English dictionary
9 Letter Words for Buckthorn
8 Letter Words for Buckthorn
7 Letter Words for Buckthorn
6 Letter Words for Buckthorn
5 Letter Words for Buckthorn
4 Letter Words for Buckthorn
3 Letter Words for Buckthorn
Definitions for Buckthorn
[1] any of several, sometimes thorny trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Rhamnus, especially R. frangula, the bark of which is used in medicine. Compare buckthorn family.
[2] a tree or shrub belonging to the genus Bumelia, of the sapodilla family, especially B. lycioides, a thorny tree having elliptic leaves and large clusters of white flowers, common in the southern and part of the central U.S.
[3] any of several thorny small-flowered shrubs of the genus Rhamnus , esp the Eurasian species R. cathartica , whose berries were formerly used as a purgative: family Rhamnaceae See also sea buckthorn
Words nearby Buckthorn
buckshot, buckskin, buckskins, buckstay, bucktail, buckthorn, buckthorn family, bucktooth, buckwheat, buckwheat cake, buckwheat coal
Origin of Buckthorn
1570–80; buck1 + thorn, rendering New Latin cervi spina
Word origin for Buckthorn
C16: from buck 1 (from the spiny branches, imagined as resembling antlers) + thorn