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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ALATERN

n.A trivial name of a species of rhamnus or buckthorn.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ALATERN; ALATERNUS

Al "a *tern, Al `a *ter "nus, n. Etym: [L. ala wing + terni three each. ](Bot. )

 

Defn: An ornamental evergreen shrub (Rhamnus alaternus ) belonging to the buckthorns.