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English
Etymology
From the genus name.
Pronunciation
Noun
genista (plural genistas)
- (botany) Any member of the flowering plant genus Genista.
Anagrams
- gainset, gainest, ageinst, easting, teasing, tagines, giantes, tangies, tsigane, eatings, ingesta, seating, signate, ingates
Latin
Noun
genista f (genitive genistae); first declension
- Alternative form of genesta
Declension
First-declension noun.
References
- “genista”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “genista”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- genista in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xeˈnista/
- Rhymes: -ista
- Syllabification: ge‧nis‧ta
Noun
genista f (plural genistas)
- genista (plant)
- broom (plant)
- Synonyms: retama, hiniesta
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