RETAMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Retama mean? 

• RETAMA (noun)
  The noun RETAMA has 1 sense:

1. small genus of Mediterranean shrubs; often included in genus Genista

  Familiarity information: RETAMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RETAMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small genus of Mediterranean shrubs; often included in genus Genista

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Retama; Retama

Hypernyms ("Retama" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Retama"):

Genista raetam; juniper; juniper bush; raetam; Retama raetam; retem (desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista)

Holonyms ("Retama" is a member of...):

Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)