Definition of "rhamnus" [rhamnus]

• Any of the plants in the genus Rhamnus; a buckthorn. (noun)

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• "The Latin version has in both places rhamnus, "buckthorn"; of which several species grow in"
• "Pueraria Thunbergiana pumpkin pumps pyracantha pyrethrum pyrus, species quereus species quince, culture of rabbit injury radish railroad-worm rainfall, saving raspberry, culture of raspberry diseases raspberry insects ravenna grass records of plantation red-bud red pepper red spider red-top removing large trees repairing trees retinosporas rhamnus species rhododendron rhododendron species"
• "On the inside of the wall, and as an additional security against the constant danger a hedge of the rhamnus had been planted, an invention so successful that now a sparrow could hardly penetrate the overtopping branches, armed as they were with great clusters of thorns hard as spikes."