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Noun: buckthorn family  'búk,thorn 'fa-mu-lee
  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

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