Genus of South African heathlike shrubs

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
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.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
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 ...