Definition of Retama

1. Noun. Small genus of Mediterranean shrubs; often included in genus Genista.

Exact synonyms: Genus Retama
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

Reseda odorata
Resedaceae
Resen
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Reset
Resets
Resht
Resource Directory Description Language
Respighi
Restatement
Restatements
Restorationer
Restorationers
Restoril
Resurrection of Christ
Retama
Retama raetam
Reticulitermes
Reticulitermes flanipes
Reticulitermes lucifugus
Reticulum
Retortamonas
Retrophyllum
Retrovir
Retroviridae
Rett
Rett's syndrome
Rett syndrome
Retzius' fibres

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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