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Definition of Genista tinctoria
1. Noun. Small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United States; sometimes grown as an ornamental.
Generic synonyms: Broom
Group relationships: Genista, Genus Genista
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genista Tinctoria
Literary usage of Genista tinctoria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1864)
"I have been led from the above to infer that with us the insect will be found
attached to Genista tinctoria, and when writing to Mr. AF Griffith the other ..."
2. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1885)
"It seems pretty clear, then, that Heinemann intended to separate the two forms
as distinct species, that from Genista tinctoria as ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"Perhaps meaning Sigh Broom, to distinguish it from the common Broom, which is of
lower growth, or from the Low Broom (Genista tinctoria, L.). Broom, Low. ..."
4. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1902)
"Finally, Bock is cited by Jean Bauhin, i: 1044, as using the phrase Aster Atticus
flore media luteo as a name for what Jean * Genista tinctoria had also the ..."
5. A Botanical Materia Medica by Jonathan Stokes (1812)
"GENISTA tinctoria. Leaves lanceolate; margin pubescent. Branches terete, striate
... Genista tinctoria germánica. Tourn. parís. 270. Vaill. paris. 78. ..."
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