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Definition of Retama
1. Noun. Small genus of Mediterranean shrubs; often included in genus Genista.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Papilionoideae, Subfamily Papilionoideae
Member holonyms: Genista Raetam, Juniper, Juniper Bush, Raetam, Retama Raetam, Retem
Definition of Retama
1. a name for various desert plants [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Retama
Literary usage of Retama
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by George William Cox (1867)
"... the retaining walls of canals, reservoirs, sea walls, docks, &c. Much of the
necessary thickness will depend upon the nature of the soil. retama (Arab. ..."
2. Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Gospels by Albert Barnes (1847)
"Herod retama to Judea, having been absent but three months. He raises an array.
Hastens to relieve his family in the fortress of Massada, where they were ..."
3. Rides and Studies in the Canary Islands by Charles Edwardes (1888)
"... Clouds—Above the Clouds—El Pico de Teide— Stages of the Ascent—The retama
Plain—Obsolete Hardships—At the Foot of the Pyramid—The Estancia—lied- making ..."
4. Adventures and Observations on the West Coast of Africa, and Its Islands by Charles W. Thomas (1860)
"... del retama—A llot Ride—Effects of a Drink—An Artist from Home—Professor Frazzi
Smyth, Astronomer Royal—Ascent of the ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... circumference the base of the true peak rises from an elevated but comparatively
level tract, called by the Spaniards FA Llano df. la, retama (retama ..."
6. Tenerife and Its Six Satellites: Or, The Canary Islands Past and Present by Olivia M. Stone (1889)
"On the neighbouring hillocks grow retama bushes, closely allied to the codeso,
and more like it than the retama of Tenerife. This shrub is, however, ..."
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