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sea buckthorn

sea buckthorn noun: any deciduous shrub of the genus Hippophae.

sea buckthorn: any deciduous shrub of the genus Hippophae
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Noun

sea buckthorn (countable and uncountable, plural sea buckthorns)

  1. Any deciduous shrub of the genus Hippophae.
    Synonyms:
    sallowthorn

sea buckthorn meaning in Arabic

sea buckthorn in Arabic

shrub of the genus Hippophae
أَبُو قَايِس ʔabū qāyis, شَوْك الْقَصَّار šawk al-qaṣṣār, غَاسُول ḡāsūl

Synonyms of sea buckthorn

Forms of sea buckthorn

pluralsea buckthorns
alternative formsea-buckthorn

Words formed from sea buckthorn

  • common sea buckthorn
  • sea buckthorn moth

Questions about sea buckthorn

What does sea buckthorn mean?
Sea buckthorn means any deciduous shrub of the genus Hippophae.
What is sea buckthorn in Arabic?
Sea buckthorn in Arabic is أَبُو قَايِس (ʔabū qāyis), شَوْك الْقَصَّار (šawk al-qaṣṣār), غَاسُول (ḡāsūl). See Sea buckthorn meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is sea buckthorn?
Sea buckthorn is a noun.
What is the plural of sea buckthorn?
The plural of sea buckthorn is sea buckthorns.

Words near sea buckthorn in the dictionary

  1. sea breams
  2. sea breeze
  3. sea breezes
  4. sea brief
  5. sea briefs
  6. sea buckthorn
  7. sea buckthorns
  8. sea bud
  9. sea buds
  10. sea bug
  11. sea bugs

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