genista hispanica

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   erect shrub of southwestern Europe having racemes of golden yellow flowers

   SynonymsSpanish broomSpanish gorse

   Broaderbroom

   Part ofGenista

Questions about genista hispanica

What does genista hispanica mean?

genista hispanica means "erect shrub of southwestern Europe having racemes of golden yellow flowers".

What is another word for genista hispanica?

Close synonyms include Spanish broom, Spanish gorse. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genista hispanica a common word?

genista hispanica is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.