retama

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noun

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variants or less commonly ratama

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plural -s

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a

: jerusalem thorn

b

: paloverde

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[American Spanish, retama, from Spanish, canary broom] : any of several yellow-flowered tropical American shrubs of the genus Cassia

Retama

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Re·​ta·​ma

rə̇ˈtämə,

rēˈ-,

-tāmə

taxonomic synonym of genista

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Spanish, shrub of the genus Genista, from Arabic ratam retem

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