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alaternus

alaternus is the alternative form of alatern.

Meaning of alatern

Noun

alatern (plural alaterns)

  1. An ornamental evergreen shrub (Rhamnus alaternus; Italian buckthorn).

Forms of alaternus

pluralalaternuses
pluralalaterni

Origin of alaternus

Borrowed from Latin alaternus. Doublet of alatern.

Questions about alaternus

What is alaternus the alternative form of?
Alaternus is the alternative form of alatern.

Words near alaternus in the dictionary

  1. alate
  2. alated
  3. alately
  4. alatern
  5. alaterns
  6. alaternus
  7. alaternuses
  8. alates
  9. alation
  10. alations
  11. Alatorre

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Adapted from Wiktionary: alaternus (page history and authors); alatern (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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