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Definition of Genista anglica
1. Noun. Prickly yellow-flowered shrub of the moors of New England and Europe.
Generic synonyms: Broom
Group relationships: Genista, Genus Genista
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genista Anglica
Literary usage of Genista anglica
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Trees: A Handbook of Forest-botany for the Woodlands and the Laboratory by Harry Marshall Ward, Percy Groom (1904)
"genista anglica, L. Petty Whin. Small spinescent bush, with simple slender recurved
spines, in the axils of minute sub-sessile leaves. ..."
2. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1879)
"Amongst the shrub-growth at Wanstead are whitethorn, blackthorn, bramble, broom,
and the little whin (genista anglica). In the early season these ..."
3. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1850)
"This, which may be a distinct species, also feeds on genista anglica. ...
On genista anglica in June. 22nd var. Velvet-like black: the feelers are white ..."
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