Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Aspalathus \As*pal"a*thus\, n. [L. aspalathus, Gr. ?.] (Bot.)
   (a) A thorny shrub yielding a fragrant oil. --Ecclus. xxiv.
       15.
   (b) A genus of plants of the natural order {Leguminos[ae]}.
       The species are chiefly natives of the Cape of Good Hope.

Source : WordNet®

Aspalathus
     n : genus of South African heathlike shrubs [syn: {genus
         Aspalathus}]