rhamnus : Idioms & Phrases


genus rhamnus

  • noun type genus of the Rhamnaceae: buckthorns
    Rhamnus.
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rhamnus californicus

  • noun evergreen shrub of western United States bearing small red or black fruits
    California coffee; California buckthorn; coffeeberry.
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rhamnus carolinianus

  • noun deciduous shrub of eastern and central United States having black berrylike fruit; golden-yellow in autumn
    Carolina buckthorn; indian cherry.
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rhamnus croceus

  • noun small spiny evergreen shrub of western United States and Mexico with minute flowers and bright red berries
    redberry; red-berry.
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rhamnus frangula

  • noun small tree common in Europe
    alder dogwood; alder buckthorn.
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rhamnus purshianus

  • noun shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada
    bearberry; chittamwood; chittimwood; bearwood; cascara buckthorn.
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