Main Entry: ce·a·no·thus

Pronunciation: \ˌsē-ə-ˈnō-thəs\

Function: noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek keanōthos, a thistle

Date: 1785

: any of a genus (Ceanothus) of American vines, shrubs, and small trees of the buckthorn family having the calyx disk adherent to the ovary