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RETEM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does retem mean?
• RETEM (noun)
The noun RETEM has 1 sense:
1. desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista
Familiarity information: RETEM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Genista raetam; juniper; juniper bush; raetam; Retama raetam; retem
Hypernyms ("retem" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("retem" is a member of...):
genus Retama; Retama (small genus of Mediterranean shrubs; often included in genus Genista)
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