Retem

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A shrub with white flowers, possibly Retama raetam; the juniper of the (King James Version) Old Testament. uncountable
  2. 2
    desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista wordnet

Synonyms

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genista raetamjuniperjuniper bushraetamretama raetam

Etymology

Ultimately from a Semitic language. Compare Arabic رَتَم (ratam), Biblical Hebrew רותם

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old testament

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