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buckhorn

noun

Etymology

From buck + horn.

  1. inherited from *hurną✻
  2. inherited from *horn✻
  3. inherited from horn
  4. inherited from horn, horne
  5. compounded as buckhorn — “buck + horn”

Definitions

  1. A horn of a buck.

  2. A royal fern (Osmunda regalis).

  3. A narrowleaf plantain, a flowering plant of species Plantago lanceolata.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A place in the United States

      A place in the United States:

    2. A hamlet in Trent Lakes municipality and Selwyn township, Peterborough County, Ontario,…

      A hamlet in Trent Lakes municipality and Selwyn township, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada.

    3. A hamlet in Ashwater parish, Torridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX3799).

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA