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buck·thorn

n :  a shrub or tree of the genus Rhamnus sometimes having thorny branches and often containing purgative principles in bark or sap and producing fruits sometimes used as a source of yellow and green dyes or pigments - see CASCARA BUCKTHORN  .
 
 

 
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