RHAMNUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Rhamnus mean? 

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

1. type genus of the Rhamnaceae: buckthorns

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• RHAMNUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Rhamnaceae: buckthorns

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Rhamnus; Rhamnus

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

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Rhamnus"):

buckthorn (a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments)

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

buckthorn family; family Rhamnaceae; Rhamnaceae (trees and shrubs usually thorny bearing drupaceous fruit many having medicinal value)

 Context examples 

A concentrated mixture of anthranol glycosides from cascara sagrada (dried bark of Rhamnus p.) and used as a laxative in constipation and various medical conditions, stimulant laxative Casanthranol encourages bowel movements by acting on the intestinal wall to increase muscle contractions.

(Casanthranol, NCI Thesaurus)

Casanthranol is a concentrated mixture of anthranol glycosides from cascara sagrada (dried bark of Rhamnus p.) and a stimulant laxative that encourages bowel movements by acting on the intestinal wall to increase muscle contractions.

(Casanthranol/Docusate, NCI Thesaurus)

Used as a laxative in constipation and various medical conditions, Cascara (cascara sagrada) is dried bark of Picramnia sp. (Simarubaceae) or Rhamnus purshiana (Rhamnaceae) containing stimulant laxative anthranol glycosides that act on the intestinal wall to increase muscle contractions and encourage bowel movements.

(Frangula purshiana Bark, NCI Thesaurus)