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RETAMA

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Meaning:

Small genus of Mediterranean shrubs; often included in genus Genista

Synonyms:

genus Retama; Retama

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)

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