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genista
CIDE DICTIONARY
genista, prop. n. [L., broom.].
A genus of plants including the common broom of Western Europe. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
genista, n. any almost leafless shrub of the genus Genista, with a profusion of yellow pea-shaped flowers, e.g. dyer's broom.
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