ruscus
noun
rus·cus
ˈrəskəs
1
capitalized : a small genus of European evergreen shrubs (family Liliaceae) with leaflike phylloclades, small greenish flowers, and red berries see butcher's-broom
2
plural -es : any plant of the genus Ruscus
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Latin, butcher's-broom
First Known Use
1562, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- branchiatest
- branchicolous
- branchier
- branchiest
- branchiferous
- branchihyal
- branchii
- branching
- branching (out)
- branching foxtail
- branching off
- branching out
- branchings
- branchio-
- Branchiobdella
- branchiobdellae
- branchiobdellas
- branchiobdellid
- branchiobdellidaes
- branchiocardiac
- branchiocranium
- branchiopallial
- branchiopneustic
- branchiopod
- Branchiopoda