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Definition of Ruscus aculeatus
1. Noun. Shrub with stiff flattened stems resembling leaves (cladophylls); used for making brooms.
Group relationships: Genus Ruscus, Ruscus
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ruscus Aculeatus
Literary usage of Ruscus aculeatus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta by Karl Goebel, Isaac Bayley Balfour (1905)
"The bract dries up in ruscus aculeatus usually early, but in Ruscus ... of Ruscus
aculeatus place themselves in such a position that they do not have one ..."
2. The Birds of the Latin Poets by Ernest Whitney Martin (1914)
"It is not found in the plant (ruscus aculeatus), but dwells among the high trees,
frequenting especially the poplar tree. It lives also in the forests, ..."
3. The Birds of the Latin Poets by Ernest Whitney Martin (1914)
"It is not found in the plant (ruscus aculeatus), but dwells among the high trees,
frequenting especially the poplar tree. It lives also in the forests, ..."
4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"ruscus aculeatus, L.—Lyte. Box Holly. ruscus aculeatus, L.—Baxter. Prior, p. 27.
Boyds, or Black-boyds. Rubus fruticosus, L.—W. Scott. Jamieson. Boy's Love. ..."
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