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genista
[ juh-nis-tuh ]
noun
- any plant belonging to the genus Genista, of the legume family, having showy flowers and including many species of broom.
- a related plant, Cytisus canariensis, of the Canary Islands, having loose clusters of fragrant yellow flowers.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of genista1
1615–25; < New Latin, Latin: the broomplant
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Example Sentences
Jacinto Quesada drew back from the entangled buckthorn and genista.
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Resting under a solitary broom bush (a kind of genista), he gave vent to his disappointment in a prayer for death.
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It feeds in July and August on broom, dyer's greenweed (Genista tinctoria), persicaria, and other low plants.
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Fig. 677 represents the famous badge of the "broom-cod" or "planta genista," from which the name of the dynasty was derived.
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The only prominent form of vegetation is a peculiar tall broom—Genista Etnensis—which here flourishes.
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