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Rhamnaceous


a.

Of or pertaining to a natural order of shrubs and trees ( Rhamnaceæ , or Rhamneæ ) 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 ).


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