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buckthorn

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Scrabble points
20
Words With Friends
23
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈbʌk.θɔːn/
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/ˈbʌk.θɔːn/ · /ˈbʌk.θɔɹn/

Definition of buckthorn

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Any of several, often thorny shrubs or small trees, especially
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noun

  1. Any of several, often thorny shrubs or small trees, especially
  2. Any of several, often thorny shrubs or small trees, especially
  3. Any of several, often thorny shrubs or small trees, especially
  4. Any of several, often thorny shrubs or small trees, especially

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Etymology

Calque of Latin cervī spīna (“deer's thorny shrub”), cervi (“deer's”) being the genitive singular of cervus (“deer”), from Proto-Italic *kerwos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂wós, from *ḱerh₂- (“horn”) + *-wós, spīna (“thorny shrub”) from Proto-Italic *speinā, from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“sharp point”). By surface analysis, buck + thorn.

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