slatern, a later nus

[Lat. ala tern us.] The name given to a species of Rhamnus, the broad-leaved alatern (R. alater nus), an ornamental evergreen with flowers, IMG:content-0329.png:[blocks in formation] duced into Britain. "The a later nus , which we have lately received from the hottest parts of Langue doc, thrives with us in England, as if it were an indigene." - Evelyn.