RUSCUS ACULEATUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ruscus aculeatus mean? 

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

1. shrub with stiff flattened stems resembling leaves (cladophylls); used for making brooms

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• RUSCUS ACULEATUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Shrub with stiff flattened stems resembling leaves (cladophylls); used for making brooms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

butcher's broom; Ruscus aculeatus

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

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

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

genus Ruscus; Ruscus (a genus of European evergreen shrubs; sometimes placed in family Asparagaceae)