English
Etymology
Formerly used by butchers for brooms to sweep their blocks.
Noun
butcher's broom
- Any plant of the genus Ruscus, especially Ruscus aculeatus.
Synonyms
Translations
Any plant of the genus Ruscus
- Albanian: rrushkull (sq) m, përce f, përcëllak (sq) m
- Arabic: سَفَنْدَر m (safandar)
- Breton: bugelenn, beuz-drein
- Bulgarian: залист m (zalist)
- Catalan: galzeran (ca) m
- Cornish: kelynnen vyghan f
- Danish: musetorn c
- Esperanto: rusko
- Finnish: ruskus (fi)
- French: fragon piquant (fr) m, petit-houx m
- Galician: xilbarbeira (gl) f, xibarda (gl) f, mesquita f, rascacú m
- Georgian: თაგვისარა (ka) (tagvisara)
- German: Mäusedorn m
- Greek: λαγομηλιά f (lagomiliá)
- Ancient: μυάκανθος m (muákanthos), ὀξῠμῠρσῐ́νη f (oxŭmŭrsĭ́nē), χαμαιμυρσίνη f (khamaimursínē)
- Irish: giolcach nimhe f
- Italian: pugnitopo m
- Japanese: 梛筏 (nagi-ikada)
- Latin: ruscum n
- Mingrelian: ბარცხი (barcxi)
- Persian: مورد اسفرم (murd esfaram)
- Polish: myszopłoch (pl) m, ruszczyk m, iglica (pl) f (archaic)
- Russian: и́глица (ru) f (íglica), мыши́ный тёрн m (myšínyj tjorn) (uncommon)
- Serbo-Croatian: vèprina (sh) f, kòstrika (sh) f, vèprinac (sh) m, nadlist m (archaic), zalist m (archaic)
- Spanish: rusco m
- Swedish: stickmyrten c
- Turkish: tavşanmemesi (tr)
- Venetan: rosco m
- Welsh: celyn Ffrainc m, celyn y wrach m
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