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Webster 1913 Edition


Rhamnaceous

Rham-na′ceous

,
Adj.
(Bot.)
Of or pertaining to a natural order of shrubs and trees (
Rhamnaceae
, or
Rhamneae
) of which the buckthorn (
Rhamnus
) is the type. It includes also the New Jersey tea, the supple-jack, and one of the plants called lotus (
Zizyphus
).