Avignon berries

A form of Avignon berry — 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.

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of Avignon berry
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