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Alaternus
{
Al′a-tern
, ‖Alˊa-ter′nus
, }Noun.
[L.
ala
wing + terni
three each.] (Bot.)
An ornamental evergreen shrub (
Rhamnus alaternus
) belonging to the buckthorns. Definition 2024
alaternus
alaternus
Latin
alaternus
Etymology
Unknown
Noun
alaternus f (genitive alaterni); second declension
- a shrub (Rhamnus alaternus)
Descendants
- Sardinian: aladerru, alaterru, alaverru, aliderru, laderru
References
- alaternus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “alaternus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.