Aspalathus

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Aspalathus \As*pal"a*thus\, n. [L. aspalathus, Gr. ?.] (Bot.)
     (a) A thorny shrub yielding a fragrant oil. --Ecclus. xxiv.
         15.
     (b) A genus of plants of the natural order {Leguminos[ae]}.
         The species are chiefly natives of the Cape of Good Hope.
         [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Aspalathus
       n : genus of South African heathlike shrubs [syn: {genus
           Aspalathus}]