GENISTA

Genista, genus Genista

(noun) chiefly deciduous shrubs or small trees of Mediterranean area and western Asia: broom

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

genista (plural genistas)

(botany) Any member of the flowering plant genus Genista.

Anagrams

• ageinst, easting, eatings, gainest, giantes, ingates, ingesta, seating, signate, tagines, tangies, teasing, tsigane

Source: Wiktionary


Ge*nis"ta, n. Etym: [L., broom.] (Bot.)

Definition: A genus of plants including the common broom of Western Europe.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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