retem

Other forms of retem

plural

retems·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about retem

What does retem mean?

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

How many syllables are in retem?

retem has 2 syllables: re-tem. The stress falls on "re".

What is another word for retem?

Close synonyms include raetam, juniper bush, juniper, Retama raetam, 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 retem a common word?

retem is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.