| alder buckthorn | (n) small tree common in Europe, Syn. Rhamnus frangula, alder dogwood |
| buckthorn | (n) a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments |
| buckthorn | (n) any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia |
| buckthorn berry | (n) fruit of various buckthorns yielding dyes or pigments, Syn. yellow berry |
| carolina buckthorn | (n) deciduous shrub of eastern and central United States having black berrylike fruit; golden-yellow in autumn, Syn. indian cherry, Rhamnus carolinianus |
| cascara buckthorn | (n) shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada, Syn. bearwood, chittimwood, chittamwood, bearberry, Rhamnus purshianus |
| false buckthorn | (n) deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico, Syn. black haw, Bumelia lanuginosa, chittimwood, chittamwood, shittimwood |
| southern buckthorn | (n) shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit, Syn. shittimwood, mock orange, Bumelia lycioides, shittim |
| coffeeberry | (n) evergreen shrub of western United States bearing small red or black fruits, Syn. California coffee, California buckthorn, Rhamnus californicus |
| english plantain | (n) an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions, Syn. Plantago lanceolata, ribwort, ribgrass, ripple-grass, buckthorn, narrow-leaved plantain |
| rhamnaceae | (n) trees and shrubs usually thorny bearing drupaceous fruit many having medicinal value, Syn. family Rhamnaceae, buckthorn family |
