Rhamnus

Rham´nus

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(Bot.) A genus of shrubs and small trees; buckthorn. The California Rhamnus Purshianus and the European Rhamnus catharticus are used in medicine. The latter is used for hedges.

Thesaurus

Noun

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Rhamnus - type genus of the Rhamnaceae: buckthorns genus Rhamnus 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