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Cytisus

noun
1.
Large genus of stiff or spiny evergreen or deciduous Old World shrubs: broom.  Synonym: genus Cytisus.



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Cytisus scoparius


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... or Link (Cytisus scoparius) is a leguminous shrub which is well known as growing abundantly on open places in our rural districts. The prefix "cytisus" is derived from the name of a Greek island where Broom abounded. It formerly bore the name of Planta Genista, and gave rise to the historic title, "Plantagenet." A sprig of its golden blossom was borne by Geoffrey of Anjou in ...
— Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure • William Thomas Fernie


Words linked to "Cytisus" :   subfamily Papilionoideae, white Spanish broom, white broom, rosid dicot genus, green broom, Scotch broom, common broom, Papilionoideae


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