california buckthorn

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   evergreen shrub of western United States bearing small red or black fruits

   SynonymscoffeeberryCalifornia coffeeRhamnus californicus

   Broaderbuckthorn

Questions about california buckthorn

What does california buckthorn mean?

california buckthorn means "evergreen shrub of western United States bearing small red or black fruits".

What is another word for california buckthorn?

Close synonyms include coffeeberry, California coffee, Rhamnus californicus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is california buckthorn a common word?

california buckthorn is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.