buckthorn vs redberry

redberry vs buckthorn

buckthorn and redberry both are nouns.

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

As nouns, redberry is a hyponym of buckthorn; that is, redberry 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
redberry: small spiny evergreen shrub of western United States and Mexico with minute flowers and bright red berries

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

buckthorn (noun)	redberry (noun)
any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia	small spiny evergreen shrub of western United States and Mexico with minute flowers and bright red berries
a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments	North American perennial herb with alternately compound leaves and racemes of small white flowers followed by bright red oval poisonous berries
an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions

Difference between buckthorn and redberry

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