Rhamnus

Late Latin rhamnus (“a thorn bush”), from Ancient Greek ῥάμνος (rhámnos, “various prickly shrubs, such as boxthorn, Lycium europaeum; stone buckthorn, Rhamnus lycioides subsp. graeca, syn. Rhamnus graeca; and black buckthorn, Rhamnus oleoides”).

Rhamnus f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Rhamnaceae – the buckthorns.

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids I - clades; Rosales - order; Rhamnaceae - family; Rhamneae - tribe

• (genus): Rhamnus cathartica, Rhamnus alaternus; for other species see Rhamnus on WikispeciesWikispecies or Rhamnus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Bathiorhamnus
• Rhamnella
• Rhamnidium
• †Rhamnites

• Rhamnus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Rhamnus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Rhamnus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Rhamnus at USDA Plants database
• Rhamnus on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Rhamnus at the Tree of Life Web Project
• Rhamnus at Encyclopedia of Life
• Rhamnus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Rhamneae at APWeb
• Rhamnus at The Plant List

From Ancient Greek Ῥαμνοῦς (Rhamnoûs).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈram.nuːs/

Rhamnūs f (genitive Rhamnuntis); third declension

1. A town of Attica, famous for the temple of Themis

Third declension.

• Rhamnus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Rhamnus in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Rhamnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette