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rhamnus noun. M16.
[Late Latin from Greek rhamnos; later a modern application of the name by Linnaeus. Cf. RHAMN.]
Orig., the Christ's thorn, Paliurus spina-christi. Now, any of various allied shrubs constituting the genus Rhamnus (family Rhamnaceae), esp. the buckthorn, R. cathartica.