Definition of Genista anglica

1. Noun. Prickly yellow-flowered shrub of the moors of New England and Europe.

Exact synonyms: Broom Tree, Needle Furze, Petty Whin
Generic synonyms: Broom
Group relationships: Genista, Genus Genista

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genista Anglica

Geneva lens measure
Geneva mechanism
Geneva mechanisms
Geneva wheel
Geneva wheels
Genevan
Genevanism
Genevans
Geneve
Genevese
Genevieve
Genf
Genghis Khan
Gengou phenomenon
Genipa Americana
Genista anglica (current term)
Genista hispanica
Genista raetam
Genista tinctoria
Genk
Gennari
Gennari's band
Gennari's stria
Genoa
Genoan
Genoans
Genoese
Genova
Genovese
Genseric

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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