Definition of genista Genista
ge•nis•ta
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What does genista mean?
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| genista - chiefly deciduous shrubs or small trees of Mediterranean area and western Asia: broom | ||
| genus Genista | ||
| rosid dicot genus a genus of dicotyledonous plants | ||
| papilionoideae, subfamily papilionoideae alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae | ||
| broom tree, genista anglica, needle furze, petty whin prickly yellow-flowered shrub of the moors of New England and Europe | ||
| genista hispanica, spanish gorse, spanish broom erect shrub of southwestern Europe having racemes of golden yellow flowers | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- genista (n.)
A genus of plants including the common broom of Western Europe.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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genista
jē-nis′ta, n. a large genus of shrubby, leguminous plants, with simple leaves and yellow flowers. [L. genista, broom.]
