JUNIPER BUSH

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Meaning:

Desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista

Synonyms:

Genista raetam; juniper; juniper bush; raetam; Retama raetam; retem

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("juniper bush" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("juniper bush" is a member of...):

genus Retama; Retama (small genus of Mediterranean shrubs; often included in genus Genista)

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