Ruscus
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Translingual
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Ruscus_aculeatus2.jpg/220px-Ruscus_aculeatus2.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]New Latin, from Latin ruscum (“butcher's broom Ruscus aculeatus”)
Proper noun
[edit]Ruscus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Asparagaceae – butcher's broom and similar plants.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots – clades; Asparagales – order; Asparagaceae - family; Nolinoideae - subfamily