RUSCUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ruscus mean? 

• RUSCUS (noun)
  The noun RUSCUS has 1 sense:

1. a genus of European evergreen shrubs; sometimes placed in family Asparagaceae

  Familiarity information: RUSCUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RUSCUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of European evergreen shrubs; sometimes placed in family Asparagaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Ruscus; Ruscus

Hypernyms ("Ruscus" is a kind of...):

liliid monocot genus (genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils)

Meronyms (members of "Ruscus"):

butcher's broom; Ruscus aculeatus (shrub with stiff flattened stems resembling leaves (cladophylls); used for making brooms)

Holonyms ("Ruscus" is a member of...):

family Liliaceae; Liliaceae; lily family (includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae)