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Definition of Genus Ruscus
1. Noun. A genus of European evergreen shrubs; sometimes placed in family Asparagaceae.
Generic synonyms: Liliid Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Liliaceae, Liliaceae, Lily Family
Member holonyms: Butcher's Broom, Ruscus Aculeatus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Ruscus
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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