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Rhamnus Rham"nus, n. [NL., from Gr. "ra`mnos a kind of prickly shrub; cf. L. rhamnos.] (Bot.) A genus of shrubs and small trees; buckthorn. The California Rhamnus Purshianus and the European R. catharticus are used in medicine. The latter is used for hedges.
Rhamnus catharticus
Sap Sap, n. [AS. s[ae]p; akin to OHG. saf, G. saft, Icel. safi; of uncertain origin; possibly akin to L. sapere to taste, to be wise, sapa must or new wine boiled thick. Cf. Sapid, Sapient.] 1. The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition. Note: The ascending is the crude sap, the assimilation of which takes place in the leaves, when it becomes the elaborated sap suited to the growth of the plant. 2. The sapwood, or alburnum, of a tree. 3. A simpleton; a saphead; a milksop. [Slang] Sap ball (Bot.), any large fungus of the genus Polyporus. See Polyporus. Sap green, a dull light green pigment prepared from the juice of the ripe berries of the Rhamnus catharticus, or buckthorn. It is used especially by water-color artists. Sap rot, the dry rot. See under Dry. Sap sucker (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of small American woodpeckers of the genus Sphyrapicus, especially the yellow-bellied woodpecker (S. varius) of the Eastern United States. They are so named because they puncture the bark of trees and feed upon the sap. The name is loosely applied to other woodpeckers. Sap tube (Bot.), a vessel that conveys sap.

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- Bromus catharticus grows in open and disturbed areas. The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved 12 November 2015 "Bromus catharticus"....
- sanguinea. The species was originally named by Carl Linnaeus as Rhamnus catharticus, but this spelling was corrected to cathartica as the genus name Rhamnus...
- Poales Family: Poaceae Subfamily: Panicoideae Genus: Cenchrus Species: C. biflorus Binomial name Cenchrus biflorus Roxb. Synonyms Cenchrus catharticus...
- C. olitorius Binomial name Corchorus olitorius L. Synonyms Corchorus catharticus Blanco Corchorus decemangularis Roxb. ex G.Don Corchorus longicarpus...
- introduction to formal U.S. medicine in 1877, it replaced the berries of R. catharticus as the favored laxative. The historical interest in using cascara damaged...
- Rhamnus cathartica L. – common buckthorn, purging buckthorn (orth. var. R. catharticus) Rhamnus collettii Bhandari & Bhansali Rhamnus cordata Medw. Rhamnus...
- California brome, mountain brome Bromus cabrerensis – Cabrera brome Bromus catharticus – rescuegr****, Australian oat Bromus ciliatus – fringed brome (syn. B...
- sarsaparilla, Rhamnus atlantica, Rhamnus lycioides, Rhamnus oleoides, Rhamnus catharticus etc. The communities receiving several characteristic names. Kermes oaks...
- (mustard family) Bromus arvensis field brome Poaceae  (gr**** family) Bromus catharticus rescuegr**** Poaceae  (gr**** family) Bromus tectorum cheat gr**** Poaceae ...
- There are usually two generations per year. The larvae feed on Rhamnus catharticus and Rhamnus pumilis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. Fauna...