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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
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
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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