noun
desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista
• Syn: ↑raetam, ↑juniper bush, ↑juniper, ↑Retama raetam, ↑Genista raetam
• Member Holonyms: ↑Retama, ↑genus Retama
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/ree"tem/, n.
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
[ < Ar ratam]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.