Any of various thorny shrubs, mostly of the family Rhamnaceae; esp. Christ's thorn, Paliurus spina-christi (also rhamn of Lybia) and common…
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释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > medicinal trees or shrubs > [noun] > buckthorn bush or berry (7) rhamna1425 Any of various thorny shrubs, mostly of the family Rhamnaceae; esp. Christ's thorn, Paliurus spina-christi (also rhamn of Lybia) and common… rhamnus1562 Originally: any of various thorny shrubs, mostly of the family Rhamnaceae (see rhamn, n.). In later use: spec. any plant of the genus Rhamnus (family… buckthorn1578 The shrub Rhamnus catharticus; the berries of which yield sap-green and other pigments, and were formerly used as a powerful cathartic. Rhine berry1578 The fruit of the common buckthorn, Rhamnus cathartica; (also) the plant itself (more fully †rhine berry bush). hart-thorn1607 buckthorn, Rhamnus catharticus. purging thorn1653 = purging buckthorn n. purging buckthorn1706 the common buckthorn, Rhamnus cathartica (family Rhamnaceae), whose berries were formerly used as a purgative (cf. buckthorn, n.). |
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