Definition of Genus ruscus

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

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Ruscus

genus Romneya
genus Roridula
genus Rorippa
genus Rosa
genus Rosellinia
genus Rosmarinus
genus Roystonea
genus Rubia
genus Rubus
genus Rudbeckia
genus Rumex
genus Rumohra
genus Rupicapra
genus Rupicola
genus Ruptiliocarpon
genus Ruscus
genus Russula
genus Ruta
genus Rutilus
genus Rynchops
genus Rypticus
genus Sabal
genus Sabbatia
genus Sabinea
genus Saccharomyces
genus Saccharum
genus Sadleria
genus Sagina
genus Sagitta
genus Sagittaria

Literary usage of Genus ruscus

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

1. Elements of Botany: Or, Outlines of the Natural History of Vegetables by Benjamin Smith Barton (1804)
"This is the case in the genus Ruscus, or Butcher's broom. Linnaeus does not designate this species of inflorescence (for such it seems entitled to be ..."

2. The Principles of Biology by Herbert Spencer (1873)
"In the genus Ruscus, the flattened axis simulates so closely the leaf-structure, that were it not for the flower borne on its midrib, or edge, ..."

3. The Principles of Biology by Herbert Spencer (1884)
"In the genus Ruscus, the flattened axis simulates so closely the leaf-structure, that were it not for tho flower borne on its midrib, or edge, ..."

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