Meaning

4 senses

  1. The buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae),

    Especially genus Rhamnus,

    Kreuzdorn, Purgier-Kreuzdorn

    круши́наkrušína

    a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments

  2. Especially genus Rhamnus,

    Especially common buckthorn or purging buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica).

  3. The buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae),

    Also alder buckthorn (Frangula), especially Frangula alnus).

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

    Sea buckthorn (Hippophae, in family Elaeagnaceae).

Examples

2 sentences

  1. This is sea buckthorn.

    ruЭто облепиха.

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  2. I'm making sea buckthorn jam.

    ruЯ варю облепиховое варенье.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
plant of the genus Rhamnus:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
plant of the genus Rhamnus:
Rhamnus cathartica:

Origin

Calque of Latin cervī spīna (“deer's thorny shrub”), cervi (“deer's”) being the genitive s

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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Forms

plural: buckthorns
Singularbuckthorn
Pluralbuckthorns

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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