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‖ ruscus|ˈrʌskəs| [med.L., for class. L. ruscum.] The plant butcher's broom or knee-holly.
1578[see butcher's broom]. 1753Chambers' Cycl. Suppl. s.v. Bonifacia, The broad-leaved ruscus, or butcher's-broom, commonly called the Alexandrian bay. 1882‘Ouida’ Maremma I. 250 Where the tombs of the Tyrrhenes were hidden away behind the fence of thorny ruscus. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 517 Birch tar (often sold as oleum rusci, but not made from the ruscus). |