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Meaning of ASPALATHUS

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 Definition: [n]  genus of South African heathlike shrubs
 
 Synonyms: genus Aspalathus
 
 See Also: Aspalathus cedcarbergensis, Aspalathus linearis, Papilionoideae, rooibos, rosid dicot genus, subfamily Papilionoideae

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\As*pal"a*thus\, n. [L. aspalathus, Gr. ?.] (Bot.)
(a) A thorny shrub yielding a fragrant oil. --Ecclus. xxiv.
    15.
(b) A genus of plants of the natural order {Leguminos[ae]}.
    The species are chiefly natives of the Cape of Good Hope.
 

 

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