sandthorn
Syllables: sand·thorn/ˈsænd.θɔːn/US/ˈsænd.θɔɹn/
sandthorn noun: a species of sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides), found from western Europe to northwestern China.
.JPG){kind=link}
Noun
sandthorn (plural sandthorns)
- A species of sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides), found from western Europe to northwestern China.
- They likewise must ascend mountains by degrees and not make extraordinary leap of the Sandthorn, Hippophae rhamnoides...1837, "Professor Link", "Contributions to the Botanical Geography of the South of Europe" in The Analyst vol. 7 http://books.google.com/books?id=mNwEAAAAQAAJ, page 50
- "... the first sandthorns and willows are met with at an altitude of 26-2700 meters."1911, Ole Olufsen, The Emir of Bokhara and His Country, page 269
- Synonyms:
- common sea-buckthorn, Russian sandthorn
Synonyms of sandthorn
- common sea-buckthorn
- Russian sandthorn
Forms of sandthorn
| plural | sandthorns |
|---|
Origin of sandthorn
From sand + thorn.
Questions about sandthorn
- What does sandthorn mean?
- Sandthorn means a species of sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides), found from western Europe to northwestern China.
- What part of speech is sandthorn?
- Sandthorn is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sandthorn?
- Sandthorn is pronounced /ˈsænd.θɔɹn/ (US).
- What is the plural of sandthorn?
- The plural of sandthorn is sandthorns.
Words near sandthorn in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sandthorn (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sandthorn.wav.
Cite this entry: “sandthorn.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/sandthorn. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.