Rhamnus
n.
[NL., from Gr. "ra`mnos a kind of prickly shrub; cf. L. rhamnos.]
(Bot.) A genus of shrubs and small trees; buckthorn. The California Rhamnus Purshianus and the European R. catharticus are used in medicine. The latter is used for hedges.
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[NL., from Gr. "ra`mnos a kind of prickly shrub; cf. L. rhamnos.]
(Bot.) A genus of shrubs and small trees; buckthorn. The California Rhamnus Purshianus and the European R. catharticus are used in medicine. The latter is used for hedges.
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