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RHAMNUS CATHARTICA

\ɹˈamnəs kaθˈɑːtɪkə], \ɹˈamnəs kaθˈɑːtɪkə], \ɹ_ˈa_m_n_ə_s k_a_θ_ˈɑː_t_ɪ_k_ə]\

Definitions of RHAMNUS CATHARTICA

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Common buckthorn; a shrub indigenous to northern Africa, Europe, and northern Asia, and naturalized in North America. The drupes, or buckthorn berries, are an energetic purgative. The bark is also strongly purgative and, when fresh, emetic.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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