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buckthorn
buck·thorn [ búk thàwrn ] (plural buck·thorns or buck·thorn)


noun 
Definition:
 
thorny bush or small tree: a thorny bush or small tree with black berries. Genus Rhamnus.
[Late 16th century. Translation of modern Latin cervi spina "stag's thorn"]
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