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Webster 1913 Edition

Rhamnus

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Rham′nus

,

Noun.

[NL., from Gr.

ῥάμνοσ

a kind of prickly shrub; cf. L.

rhamnos

.]

(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.