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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of monocotyledonous plants of the order Liliaceæ and tribe Asparageæ.

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  • noun a genus of European evergreen shrubs; sometimes placed in family Asparagaceae

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  • The arrangement, created by Evan Euripidou of Anthology Studio, consists of solidago, trachellium, Italian ruscus, Israeli ruscus, Scotch broom, Monstera leaves, and curly willow.

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  • It features yellow lilies, yellow and white cushion mums, burgundy snapdragons, off-white roses, yellow alstroemeria, misty blue limonium, hypericum, ruscus leaves, and salal leaves.

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  • Autumn Rose Bouquet - VeriFlora Certified orange Milva roses, fall colored spray roses and hypericum berries or Italian ruscus.

    Blisstree 2009

  • _ruscus aculeatus_ (butcher's broom) were the most conspicuous, this latter is a pretty ever-green shrub, and the berries were there as large as those of a common _solanum pseudo capsicum_, (Pliny's _amomum_, or winter cherry) and of a bright scarlet colour, issuing from the middle of the under surface of the leaves; I never saw any of these berries any where else.

    A Trip to Paris in July and August 1792 Richard Twiss

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