dictionary help| rhamnus | medical dictionary |
<botany> A genus of shrubs and small trees; buckthorn. The California Rhamnus Purchianus and the European R. Catharticus are used in medicine. The latter is used for hedges.
Origin: NL, from Gr. A kind of prickly shrub; cf. L. Rhamnos.
(01 Mar 1998)
rhamnose permease, rhamnoside, rhamnoxanthin, rhamnulokinase < Prev | Next > rhamphorhynchus, rhamphotheca, Rh antigens
Bookmark with:      | word visualiser | Go and visit our forums  |
