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    RETEM

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genistaplay

    Synonyms:

    Genista raetam; juniper; juniper bush; raetam; Retama raetam; retem

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("retem" is a kind of...):

    bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

    Holonyms ("retem" is a member of...):

    genus Retama; Retama (small genus of Mediterranean shrubs; often included in genus Genista)

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