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rhamnus


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rhamnus  \Rham"nus\,  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Buckthorn  \Buck"thorn`\,  n.  (Bot.) 
  A  genus  ({Rhamnus})  of  shrubs  or  trees.  The  shorter  branches 
  of  some  species  terminate  in  long  spines  or  thorns.  See 
  {Rhamnus}. 
 
  {Sea  buckthorn},  a  plant  of  the  genus  {Hippopha["e]}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Rhamnus 
  n  :  type  genus  of  the  Rhamnaceae:  buckthorns  [syn:  {Rhamnus},  {genus 
  Rhamnus}] 




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