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Definition of Genista hispanica

1. Noun. Erect shrub of southwestern Europe having racemes of golden yellow flowers.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genista Hispanica

Literary usage of Genista hispanica

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Voyage to South America: Describing at Large the Spanish Cities, Towns by Antonio de Ulloa, John Adams (1806)
"It is about half or three quarters of a yard in height, and, when of its full magnitude, its colour is, like that of dried genista Hispanica. ..."

2. Sir Thomas Browne's Works: Including His Life and Correspondence by Thomas Browne, Simon Wilkin (1835)
"... upon tamarisk Polemonium upon genista hispanica Genista hispanica upon colutea. Nor are we to rest in the frustrated success of some single experiments, ..."

3. Sir William Temple Upon the Gardens of Epicurus, with Other XVIIth Century by William Temple, Abraham Cowley, Thomas Browne, Andrew Marvell, John Evelyn (1908)
"... upon tamarisk—polemonium upon genista hispanica—genista hispanica upon colutea. Nor are we to rest in the frustrated success of some single experiments, ..."

4. In Northern Spain by Hans Gadow (1897)
"Genista hispanica, L. (Spanish Broom). Potes, Hermida. Genista horrida, DC These small, thick bushes, scarcely one foot high, are the surest means of ..."

5. Flowering Trees & Shrubs by Henry Hoare (1902)
"Genista hispanica (Spanish Furze) will do in any soil or position, but on a sunny bank in a dry soil or on a ledge of rock- work it is happiest. ..."

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