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Ruscus aculeatus quotRuscusquot being the old Latin name for prickly plant and quotaculeatusquot meaning quothaving pricklesquot. Source 'The Names of Plants' David Gledhill.
One old name was quotKneehollyquot because kneehigh and ferocious prickly.
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