rhamnaceous

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rhamnaceous - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Rhamnaceous \Rham*na"ceous\, a. (Bot.)
     Of or pertaining to a natural order of shrubs and trees
     (Rhamnaceae, or Rhamneae) of which the buckthorn
     (Rhamnus) is the type. It includes also the New Jersey tea,
     the supple-jack, and one of the plants called lotus
     (Zizyphus).
     [1913 Webster]