buckthorn vs plantain

plantain vs buckthorn

buckthorn and plantain both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
buckthorn	Yes	No	No	No
plantain	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, plantain is a hypernym of buckthorn; that is, plantain is a word with a broader meaning than buckthorn:

buckthorn: an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions
plantain: any of numerous plants of the genus Plantago; mostly small roadside or dooryard weeds with elliptic leaves and small spikes of very small flowers; seeds of some used medicinally

buckthorn (noun)	plantain (noun)
any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia	starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics
a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments	a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics
an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions	any of numerous plants of the genus Plantago; mostly small roadside or dooryard weeds with elliptic leaves and small spikes of very small flowers; seeds of some used medicinally

Difference between buckthorn and plantain

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