different between ziziphus vs rhamnus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? n (zízuphon). Latin z?ziphum denotes the fruit.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?zi?z.zi.p?us/, [?d??z?i?z?d??z??p??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?d?zid.d?zi.fus/, [?d??z?id???z?ifus]

Noun

z?ziphus f (genitive z?ziph?); second declension

1. alternative form of z?zyphus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

rhamnus (plural rhamnuses)

1. (botany) Any of the plants in the genus Rhamnus; a buckthorn.

Latin

Etymology

Alteration of rhamnos (“buckthorn”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (rhámnos), influenced by Rhamnus f (“Nemesis”)

Noun

rhamnus f (genitive rhamn?); second declension

1. (Late Latin) buckthorn

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

• ? Welsh: rhafn (semi-learned), rhafnwydd

References

• rhamnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• rhamnus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• rhamnus in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly