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rhamnus
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rhamnus, n. [NL., from Gr. "ra`mnos a kind of prickly shrub; cf. L. rhamnos.].
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. [1913 Webster]
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