Rhamnaceous

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

  Rhamnaceous \Rham*na"ceous\, a. (Bot.)
     Of or pertaining to a natural order of shrubs and trees
     ({Rhamnaceae}, or {Rhamneae}) of which the buckthorn
     ({Rhamnus}) is the type. It includes also the New Jersey tea,
     the supple-jack, and one of the plants called lotus
     ({Zizyphus}).


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