buckhorn
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horn from a buck, used for knife handles, etc
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a buckhorn knife
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Also called: buck's horn plantain. a Eurasian plant, Plantago coronopus , having leaves resembling a buck's horn: family Plantaginaceae
Example Sentences
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Consider the common lawn weed Plantago lanceolata, otherwise known as ribwort or buckhorn plantain, which has the longest dormancy in the United States, according to the report.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 6, 2024
Pentire also makes botanical, non-alcoholic spirits which don‘t fall into traditional booze categories. Their Seaward boasts “bright, zesty and verdant” flavors, with ingredients like sea rosemary, woodruff, sea buckhorn and pink grapefruit.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 28, 2023
A new clasp knife, with a buckhorn handle, lay with the loaf in the bread tray.
From The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English by Castle, Egerton
There, too, lay his knife, with a buckhorn hilt, worn by everyone in the belt, and his forester's axe, a small tool, but extremely useful in the woods, without which, indeed, progress was often impossible.
From After London Or, Wild England by Jefferies, Richard
His eye fell on Zerkow's knife, a long, keen-bladed hunting-knife, with a buckhorn handle.
From McTeague by Norris, Frank
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