资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Buckthorn \Buck"thorn`\, n. (Bot.)
   A genus ({Rhamnus}) of shrubs or trees. The shorter branches
   of some species terminate in long spines or thorns. See
   {Rhamnus}.

   {Sea buckthorn}, a plant of the genus {Hippopha["e]}.