sandthorn

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English

a sandthorn bush.

Etymology

From sand +‎ thorn.

Pronunciation

Noun

sandthorn (plural sandthorns)

  1. A species of sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides), found from western Europe to northwestern China.
    • 1837, "Professor Link", "Contributions to the Botanical Geography of the South of Europe" in The Analyst vol. 7 , page 50:
      "They likewise must ascend mountains by degrees and not make extraordinary leap of the Sandthorn, Hippophae rhamnoides..."
    • 1911, Ole Olufsen, The Emir of Bokhara and His Country‎, page 269:
      "... the first sandthorns and willows are met with at an altitude of 26-2700 meters."
    • 2003, Veronika Van Duin, A Rainbow Over the River: Experiences of Life, Death, and Other Worlds‎, →ISBN, page 159:
      "The breeze is soft and singing through the sandthorn tree."

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References

  • Michael Derrida, "What is Sea Buckthorn, Sandthorn, Finbar...and its History? p.6

5/16/2007

  • Pubmed.org "Studies on utilization of Sandthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides)

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