HyperDic: retem

English > 1 sense of the word retem:
NOUNplantretem, raetam, juniper bush, juniper, Retama raetam, Genista raetamdesert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers
English > retem: 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.
Synonymsraetam, juniper bush, juniper, Retama raetam, 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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