Rhamnus

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun 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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Rhamnus
RHAMNUS 1. （Ῥαμνοῦς,—οῦντος: Eth. Ῥαμνούσιος, fem. Παμνουσία, Ῥαμνου...

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
Rhamnus
Rhamnūs, untis, f., = Ῥαμνοῦς, I the northernmost town of Attica , famed for an ancient temple of T...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.