genus genista

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   chiefly deciduous shrubs or small trees of Mediterranean area and western Asia: broom

   SynonymsGenista

   Broaderrosid dicot genus

   Part ofPapilionoideae

Questions about genus genista

What does genus genista mean?

genus genista means "chiefly deciduous shrubs or small trees of Mediterranean area and western Asia: broom".

What is another word for genus genista?

Close synonyms include Genista. 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 genus genista a common word?

genus genista 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.