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ruscus

ruscus noun: any of the genus Ruscus of butcher's broom and related plants.

Noun

ruscus (plural ruscuses)

  1. Any of the genus Ruscus of butcher's broom and related plants.
    • The Windler Wholesale Floral Co. is rearranging its salesrooms for a big display of Christmas supplies. A ruscus exhibit […]1932, Gilbert Leonard Grant, Weekly Florists' Review, page 64
    • […] ruscuses and skimmias, leucothoe, ivies, […]1957, Colour in the Winter Garden, page 173

Forms of ruscus

pluralruscuses

Origin of ruscus

From the genus name.

Questions about ruscus

What does ruscus mean?
Ruscus means any of the genus Ruscus of butcher's broom and related plants.
What part of speech is ruscus?
Ruscus is a noun.
What is the plural of ruscus?
The plural of ruscus is ruscuses.

Words near ruscus in the dictionary

  1. ruscists
  2. ruscogenin
  3. Ruscombe
  4. ruscoponticoside
  5. ruscoside
  6. ruscus
  7. ruscuses
  8. ruse
  9. ruse de guerre
  10. rused
  11. ruses

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