retama raetam

Questions about retama raetam

What does retama raetam mean?

retama raetam means "desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista".

What is another word for retama raetam?

Close synonyms include retem, raetam, juniper bush, juniper, Genista raetam. 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 retama raetam a common word?

retama raetam 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.