Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows.


Noun: buckthorn family  'búk`thorn 'famulee
  1. Trees and shrubs usually thorny bearing drupaceous fruit many having medicinal value
    - Rhamnaceae, family Rhamnaceae

Derived forms: buckthorn families

Type of: dicot family, magnoliopsid family

Part of: order Rhamnales, Rhamnales

Encyclopedia: Buckthorn family