Rhamnus
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rhamnus
(ˈræmnəs)n
(Botany) a member of the Rhamnus genus of trees and shrubs known as buckthorn
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Noun | 1. | Rhamnus - type genus of the Rhamnaceae: buckthorns dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination buckthorn family, family Rhamnaceae, Rhamnaceae - trees and shrubs usually thorny bearing drupaceous fruit many having medicinal value buckthorn - a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments |
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