genus Rhamnus

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Noun

1.genus Rhamnus - type genus of the Rhamnaceae: buckthornsRhamnusdicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germinationbuckthorn family, family Rhamnaceae, Rhamnaceae - trees and shrubs usually thorny bearing drupaceous fruit many having medicinal valuebuckthorn - a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments