retama

See also: rétama

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

retama (plural retamas)

1. (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)

1. (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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10