As·pal·a·thus n. Bot. (a) A thorny shrub yielding a fragrant oil. --Ecclus. xxiv. 15. (b) A genus of plants of the natural order Leguminosæ. The species are chiefly natives of the Cape of Good Hope.
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Aspalathus
n : genus of South African heathlike shrubs [syn: genus
Aspalathus]