HyperDic: retama_raetam

English > 1 sense of the expression Retama raetam:
NOUNplantRetama raetam, retem, raetam, juniper bush, juniper, Genista raetamdesert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers
English > Retama raetam: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningdesert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista.
Synonymsretem, raetam, juniper bush, juniper, Genista raetam
Member ofRetama, genus Retamasmall genus of Mediterranean shrubs
Broadershrub, bushA low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
Spanishenebro
Catalanginebre

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