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Definition of Retem
1. Noun. Desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista.
Group relationships: Genus Retama, Retama
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Definition of Retem
1. Noun. A shrub with white flowers; The juniper of the Old Testament ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Retem
1. a desert shrub [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Retem
Literary usage of Retem
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Calmet's Great Dictionary of the Holy Bible: Historical, Critical by Augustin Calmet, Charles Taylor, Edward Wells (1814)
"I have said so much, because I had hinted at the retem, in this passage, and the
marquetry of it, on a former occasion ; but I would by no means oppose the ..."
2. Scripture Natural History by Henry Chichester Hart, William Howse Groser (1888)
"4 ' coals of juniper' are mentioned as of proverbial fierceness; and we are
informed that the charcoal of the retem is so highly valued that the Bedouins ..."
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