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Genus of South African heathlike shrubs
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aspalathus
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Aspalathus is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae . The yellow flowers and spiny habit of some species have suggested a resemblance to Ulex europaeus , the thorny " English gorse " Accordingly, "Cape Gorse" has been proposed as a ...
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n. 1 Any of the genus (taxlink Aspalathus genus noshow=1) of flowering plants. 2 (context obsolete English) A thorny shrub yielding a fragrant oil.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Aspalathus \As*pal"a*thus\, n. [L. aspalathus, Gr. ?.] (Bot.) A thorny shrub yielding a fragrant oil. --Ecclus. xxiv. 15. A genus of plants of the natural order Leguminos[ae] . The species are chiefly natives of the Cape of Good Hope.
Usage examples of aspalathus.
The village of Aspalathus, and, long afterwards, the provincial town of Spalato, have grown out of its ruins.