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). [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL., from Gr. "ra`mnos a kind of prickly shrub; cf. L. rhamnos.] (Bot.) A genus of shrubs and small trees; buckthorn. The California Rhamnus Purshianus and the European Rhamnus catharticus are used in medicine. The latter is used for hedges. [1913 Webster]
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. "ra`mfos a beak + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; snout.] (Paleon.) A genus of pterodactyls in which the elongated tail supported a leathery expansion at the tip. [1913 Webster]
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