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noun
A shrub with white flowers, possibly Retama raetam; the juniper of the (King James Version) Old Testament.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: raetam, juniper bush, juniper, Retama raetam, Genista raetam
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shrub, bush
History
Ultimately from a Semitic language. Compare Arabic رَتَم (ratam), Biblical Hebrew רותם
