Definition of Ruscus

1. Noun. A genus of European evergreen shrubs; sometimes placed in family Asparagaceae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Ruscus
Generic synonyms: Liliid Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Liliaceae, Liliaceae, Lily Family
Member holonyms: Butcher's Broom, Ruscus Aculeatus

Definition of Ruscus

1. an evergreen shrub [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ruscus

Rupert Brooke
Rupert Murdoch
Rupicapra
Rupicapra rupicapra
Rupicola peruviana
Rupicola rupicola
Ruptiliocarpon
Ruptiliocarpon caracolito
Ruritania
Ruritanian
Ruritanians
Rus
Rus'
Rus.
Ruscaceae
Ruscus (current term)
Ruscus aculeatus
Ruse
Rush
Rushdie
Rushmore
Rushton bodies
Ruskies
Ruskin
Ruskinian
Rusky
Russ
Russel
Russel Crouse
Russell

Literary usage of Ruscus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1856)
"See B. xiv. c. 19; also B. xv. c. 35. 91 See B. Xv. cc. 7, 37: the Ruscus aculeatus of Linnaeus, or little holly of the French, belonging to the ..."

2. The Phytologist: A Popular Botanical Miscellany edited by George Luxford, Edward Newman (1846)
"A new locality in Scotland for Ruscus aculeatus. By the REV. GEORGE LAWSON. ALLOW me to record a new Scottish station for the curious Ruscus ..."

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