Avignon berry

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Etymology

Named after Avignon in France.

Noun

Avignon berry (plural Avignon berries)

  1. The fruit of rock buckthorn, or Avignon buckthorn, of the species Rhamnus saxatilis, Rhamnus infectorius, and others of the same genus, used by dyers and painters for coloring yellow.

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