buckthorn
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments
Types & categories
- bush hypernym
- bearberry hyponym
- Carolina buckthorn hyponym
- coffeeberry hyponym
- alder buckthorn hyponym
- redberry hyponym
Parts & wholes
- Rhamnus member holonym
- buckthorn berry part meronym
Sense 2 noun
any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia
Types & categories
- bush hypernym
- southern buckthorn hyponym
- shittimwood hyponym
Parts & wholes
- Bumelia member holonym
Sense 3 noun
an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions
Types & categories
- plantain hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Rhamnus |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | buckthorn berry |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | bush |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bearberry |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Carolina buckthorn |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | coffeeberry |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | alder buckthorn |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | redberry |
| 2 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Bumelia |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | bush |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | southern buckthorn |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | shittimwood |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | plantain |