Definition of "genista" []

• Any member of the flowering plant genus Genista. (noun)

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• "Plantagenet was Geoffrey's nickname, derived from his habit of sporting sprigs of broom Latin: planta genista in his helmet."
• "Some linguists link fenestra with Gk. verb phainein “to show;” others see in it an Etruscan borrowing, based on the suffix -stra, as in L. loan-words aplustre “the carved stern of a ship with its ornaments,” genista “the plant broom,” lanista “trainer of gladiators.”"
• "Branches of a golden genista trailed over the front door."