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GENISTA HISPANICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Genista hispanica mean? 

GENISTA HISPANICA (noun)
  The noun GENISTA HISPANICA has 1 sense:

1. erect shrub of southwestern Europe having racemes of golden yellow flowersplay

  Familiarity information: GENISTA HISPANICA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENISTA HISPANICA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Erect shrub of southwestern Europe having racemes of golden yellow flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Genista hispanica; Spanish broom; Spanish gorse

Hypernyms ("Genista hispanica" is a kind of...):

broom (any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers)

Holonyms ("Genista hispanica" is a member of...):

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


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