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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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THOUGHTLESS
(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”
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