buckthorn vs indian cherry

indian cherry vs buckthorn

buckthorn and indian cherry both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
buckthorn	Yes	No	No	No
indian cherry	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, indian cherry is a hyponym of buckthorn; that is, indian cherry is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than buckthorn:

buckthorn: a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments
indian cherry: deciduous shrub of eastern and central United States having black berrylike fruit; golden-yellow in autumn

Other hyponyms of buckthorn include bearberry, bearwood, cascara buckthorn, chittamwood, chittimwood, Rhamnus purshianus, Carolina buckthorn, Rhamnus carolinianus, California buckthorn, California coffee, coffeeberry, Rhamnus californicus, alder buckthorn, alder dogwood, Rhamnus frangula, red-berry, redberry, Rhamnus croceus.

buckthorn (noun)	indian cherry (noun)
any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia	deciduous shrub of eastern and central United States having black berrylike fruit; golden-yellow in autumn
a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments
an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions

Difference between buckthorn and indian cherry

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