adj.
Pronunciation: ' ram- ˌ n ō s, - ˌ n ō z
Function: noun
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from New Latin Rhamnus, genus of the buckthorn; from its being produced from a plant of this genus
Date: 1888
: a crystalline sugar C 6 H 12 O 5 that occurs usually in the form of a glycoside in many plants and is obtained in the common dextrorotatory L form