Rhamnus

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Rhamnus /Rham·nus/ (ram´nus) [L.] a genus of trees and shrubs often having a cathartic bark and fruit. R. purshia´na D.C. is the source of cascara sagrada.

Rhamnus

a genus of small trees in the family Rhamnaceae all of which contain glycosides from which anthraquinone, a purgative, can be prepared. Includes R. cathartica (buckthorn), R. frangula (Frangula alnus, alder buckthorn), R. purshiana (buckthorn).

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