genista

/juh-nis-tuh/US // dʒəˈnɪs tə //

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Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : any plant belonging to the genus Genista, of the legume family, having showy flowers and including many species of broom.
- : a related plant, Cytisus canariensis, of the Canary Islands, having loose clusters of fragrant yellow flowers.

Jacinto Quesada drew back from the entangled buckthorn and genista.
Resting under a solitary broom bush (a kind of genista), he gave vent to his disappointment in a prayer for death.
It feeds in July and August on broom, dyer's greenweed (Genista tinctoria), persicaria, and other low plants.
Fig. 677 represents the famous badge of the "broom-cod" or "planta genista," from which the name of the dynasty was derived.
The only prominent form of vegetation is a peculiar tall broom—Genista Etnensis—which here flourishes.