retama

See also: rétama

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

retama (plural retamas)

(botany) Any of the genus Retama of flowering bushes.

Anagrams

Matera, Tamera, tramae

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَتَم (ratam).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /reˈtama/ [reˈt̪a.ma]
Rhymes: -ama
Syllabification: re‧ta‧ma

Noun

retama f (plural retamas)

(botany) Spanish broom, Spartium junceum
Synonyms: retama de olor, gayomba, gallomba, ginesta, ginestra

See also

Spartium junceum on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Further reading

“retama”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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