genista

From the genus name.

• /dʒɛˈnɪstə/

genista (plural genistas)

1. (botany) Any member of the flowering plant genus Genista.

• gainset, gainest, ageinst, easting, teasing, tagines, giantes, tangies, tsigane, eatings, ingesta, seating, signate, ingates

genista f (genitive genistae); first declension

1. alternative form of genesta

First-declension noun.

• “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.

• IPA^(key): /xeˈnista/ [xeˈnis.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: ge‧nis‧ta

genista f (plural genistas)

1. genista (plant)
2. broom (plant)

   Synonyms: retama, hiniesta

• “genista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024