retama (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Retama*:
NOUN	plant	Retama, genus Retama	small genus of Mediterranean shrubs

English > *Retama*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	small genus of Mediterranean shrubs; often included in genus Genista.
Synonym	genus Retama
Member of	Papilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae	Alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae
Members	retem, raetam, juniper bush, juniper, Retama raetam, Genista raetam	desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers
Broader	rosid dicot genus	A genus of dicotyledonous plants
Spanish	genus retama, retama
Catalan	genus retama, retama, Retama

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