Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Ruscus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Butcher's broom \Butch"er's broom`\ (Bot.)
A genus of plants ({Ruscus}); esp. {R. aculeatus}, which has
large red berries and leaflike branches. See {Cladophyll}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Ruscus
n : a genus of European evergreen shrubs; sometimes placed in
family Asparagaceae [syn: {Ruscus}, {genus Ruscus}]
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