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aspalathus

aspalathus noun: any member of the genus Aspalathus of flowering plants.

aspalathus: any member of the genus Aspalathus of flowering plants
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Noun

aspalathus (plural aspalathuses)

  1. Any member of the genus Aspalathus of flowering plants.
  2. (obsolete) A thorny shrub yielding a fragrant oil.
    • I gave a sweet smell like cinnamon and aspalathus, and I yielded a pleasant odour like the best myrrh, as galbanum, and onyx, and sweet storax […]1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ecclesiastes 24:15

Forms of aspalathus

pluralaspalathuses

Origin of aspalathus

From Latin aspalathus, from Ancient Greek ἀσπάλαθος (aspálathos).

Questions about aspalathus

What does aspalathus mean?
Aspalathus means any member of the genus Aspalathus of flowering plants.
What part of speech is aspalathus?
Aspalathus is a noun.
What is the plural of aspalathus?
The plural of aspalathus is aspalathuses.

Words near aspalathus in the dictionary

  1. ASOTV
  2. asp
  3. AsPac
  4. aspacochioside
  5. aspafilioside
  6. aspalathus
  7. aspalathuses
  8. Aspall
  9. asparacoside
  10. asparagaceous
  11. asparagi

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