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- noun botany Any of the
plants in thegenus Rhamnus; abuckthorn .
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Examples
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The Latin version has in both places rhamnus, "buckthorn"; of which several species grow in
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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Pueraria Thunbergiana pumpkin pumps pyracantha pyrethrum pyrus, species quereus species quince, culture of rabbit injury radish railroad-worm rainfall, saving raspberry, culture of raspberry diseases raspberry insects ravenna grass records of plantation red-bud red pepper red spider red-top removing large trees repairing trees retinosporas rhamnus species rhododendron rhododendron species
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On the inside of the wall, and as an additional security against the constant danger a hedge of the rhamnus had been planted, an invention so successful that now a sparrow could hardly penetrate the overtopping branches, armed as they were with great clusters of thorns hard as spikes.
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LXX. and Vulgate render by rhamnus, a thorny shrub common in
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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These are small farinaceous berries, of a yellow colour and delicious taste, which I knew to be the fruit of the rhamnus lotus of Linnaeus.
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Forests of laurel, rhamnus, and arbutus, divide the ericas from the rising grounds planted with vines and fruit trees.
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Forests of laurel, rhamnus, and arbutus, divide the ericas from the rising grounds planted with vines and fruit trees.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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They made up the fish-paste in the form of bricks, and sometimes mixed with it the aromatic seed of paliurus (rhamnus), as in
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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These are small farinaceous berries, of a yellow colour and delicious taste, which I knew to be the fruit of the rhamnus lotus of Linnaeus.
Travels in the Interior of Africa — Volume 01 Mungo Park 1788
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These are small farinaceous berries, of a yellow colour and delicious taste, which I knew to be the fruit of the _rhamnus lotus_ of Linnaeus.
Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa Mungo Park 1788
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