ălăternus, i, f. [perh. akin to Germ. Erle; Engl. alder],
a shrub : Rhamnus Alaternus, Linn.; Col. 7, 6; Plin. 16, 26, 45, § 108.
·noun An ornamental evergreen shrub (Rhamnus alaternus) belonging to the buckthorns. ...
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