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Webster 1828 Edition

Alatern

AL'ATERN

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Noun.
A trivial name of a species of rhamnus or buckthorn.

Definition 2024

alatern

alatern

English

Rhamnus alaternus, the alatern

Alternative forms

Noun

alatern ‎(plural alaterns)

  1. An ornamental evergreen shrub (Rhamnus alaternus) belonging to the buckthorns.

Etymology

Latin alaternus ‎(“the shrub Rhamnus alaternus”), of Unknown origin

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