HyperDic: genus_genista

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Genista:
NOUNplantgenus Genista, Genistachiefly deciduous shrubs or small trees of Mediterranean area and western Asia
English > genus Genista: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningchiefly deciduous shrubs or small trees of Mediterranean area and western Asia: broom.
SynonymGenista
Member ofPapilionoideae, subfamily PapilionoideaeAlternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae
MembersSpanish broom, Spanish gorse, Genista hispanicaErect shrub of southwestern Europe having racemes of golden yellow flowers
broom tree, needle furze, petty whin, Genista anglicaprickly yellow-flowered shrub of the moors of New England and Europe
woodwaxen, dyer's greenweed, dyer's-broom, dyeweed, greenweed, whin, woadwaxen, Genista tinctoriasmall Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye
Broaderrosid dicot genusA genus of dicotyledonous plants
Spanishgenista, genus genista, retama
Catalangenista, genus genista

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