alatern

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alatern - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Alatern \Al"a*tern\, Alaternus \Al`a*ter"nus\, n. [L. ala wing +
     terni three each.] (Bot.)
     An ornamental evergreen shrub (Rhamnus alaternus) belonging
     to the buckthorns.
     [1913 Webster]